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Ashiya Gakuen: attackers exploited a flaw in its campus systems and left traces of access to personal data in a database

Attackers from overseas broke into the campus systems of Ashiya Gakuen, which runs Ashiya University, and reached personal data in a database. Some systems are down.

Disclosed

2026-10-19

Organizations involved

1

Leaked or at risk

Unknown

Downtime

Unknown

What happened

  1. Traces of unauthorized access to the campus systems were found. The related database servers were stopped. [1]

  2. First report. Classes at the university, the junior and senior high school and the kindergarten continue. [1]

  3. The second report said the attackers came through overseas IP addresses and exploited a flaw in part of the system to reach personal data in a database. [2]

Impact

Whether data actually leaked, and whose and which data, is still being investigated by a specialist firm. The affected server was taken off the network and some functions are stopped. [2]

Response

Affected people will be contacted once the investigation identifies them. [2]

Timeline

  1. Detected 2026-10-14
  2. Disclosed 2026-10-19
  3. 5 days

Attack or cause

Method
[Intrusion]
Impact
[Data leak][Service outage]
Entry point
Unknown

Data exposed or at risk

–

Organizations involved

Open in organization search

Sources

  1. [1][Official]学内システムへの不正アクセスに関するお知らせAshiya Gakuen · 2026-10-19
  2. [2][Official]【第 2 報】 学内システムへの不正アクセスに関するお知らせAshiya Gakuen · 2026-10-22