high severity September 07, 2026 · 3 min read Unverified claim — what this is

University of San Francisco Listed by The Gentlemen Ransomware Group

If you are a student of University of San Francisco, here’s what is being claimed, and what it would mean for you.

usfca.edu is San Francisco's oldest university — a private Jesuit institution founded in 1855, with ~10,200 students, a $428M endowment, and a 55-acre hilltop campus near Golden Gate Park (plus downtown, Pleasanton and Tokyo sites). A 13:1 student-faculty ratio and #1-ranked online professional studies graduate program anchor its academics; 34% first-gen, 55% students of color, 92% on financial aid — mission-driven access defines it. Athletics: Division I Dons (WCC) with 3 national titles — home of Bill Russell's legendary 1955–56 back-to-ba
— from The Gentlemen’s own leak-site posting. This is the group’s claim, quoted verbatim; it is not GalaxyWarden’s reporting and has not been independently verified.

University of San Francisco Listed by The Gentlemen Ransomware Group

The Gentlemen ransomware-extortion group has listed the University of San Francisco on its leak site. According to the listing, the group claims to have obtained data from the university and is using the publication as leverage. The University of San Francisco has not publicly confirmed the claim as of writing.

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A password field appears in the claim. The storage scheme is not disclosed, so it is impossible to know whether the password was protected by strong hashing or stored in a weaker form. This uncertainty matters. If the password was weakly protected, anyone who obtains the file could attempt to crack it and then try that same password on your other accounts.

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Attributed to The Gentlemen · 920 incidents tracked →

Severity High the filing does not enumerate what was exposed

Disclosed September 07, 2026

Last reviewed September 7, 2026

Affected Unconfirmed

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This page documents a public listing on a ransomware/extortion group’s leak site, tracked via public threat-intelligence sources. A listing is the attacker’s claim. GalaxyWarden aggregates and reports such claims; we have not independently verified that a breach occurred, what data (if any) was taken, or the accuracy of anything the group asserts, and the named organisation has not necessarily confirmed the incident. Sections above describe what the listing shows and the group’s documented history — not verified findings about the named organisation. If you represent this organisation and believe anything here is inaccurate, tell us and we’ll review it promptly.

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