Fukuoka UniversitySMART SPI

2LowPossibleAnnounced

A contractor's server for SMART SPI was breached. Student numbers, birthdates and test results of up to 33,668 students may have leaked.

This incident was imported from a dataset that compiles public announcements, and we are still checking it against the sources. Counts and causes will be updated after the check. Sources are in Japanese.

Cause
Via a vendor or service, Ransomware
Occurred
2026-04-17
Sector
Education & research
Operational impact
None

Data involved

DataStatusCountGroupEvidence
User or member IDPossible leakup to 33,668 people—Source(opens in a new tab)
Date of birthPossible leakup to 33,668 people—Source(opens in a new tab)
NamePossible leakup to 800 people—Source(opens in a new tab)

Counts are the figures the organization announced. Because the same person may be counted more than once, we do not add the rows together.

What users should do

  • Watch for emails and texts pretending to be the company

General steps based on the type of data involved. Check the organization’s notice or help line to see whether you are affected.

Tools for this kind of attack

Picked from the cause of the incident: tools that help you check your own systems for the same kind of weakness, or spot the warning signs.

Wazuh

Impact Local only
wazuh/wazuh

A free security platform (SIEM/XDR) that collects logs, configuration, and vulnerability data from agents on your endpoints and shows it all in one dashboard.

Purpose
Defense
Type
Self-hosted server
Difficulty
Advanced
License
CopyleftGPL-2.0(一部の構成要素は Apache-2.0)
Category
Vulnerability scanning / Forensics
Actively updatedstars17,410Last update 2026-10-24
Read the Wazuh review

Vuls

Impact Reaches others
future-architect/vuls

An agentless vulnerability scanner that checks the packages installed on a server and lists the ones affected by known CVEs.

Purpose
Defense
Type
Command line
Difficulty
Intermediate
License
CopyleftGPL-3.0
Category
Vulnerability scanning
Actively updatedstars12,302Last update 2026-10-21
Read the Vuls review

Sources

  1. 本学が委託する筆記試験対策サイトへの不正アクセスについて(報告とお詫び) - ニュース|福岡大学www.fukuoka-u.ac.jp · Published 2026-07-09(opens in a new tab)