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Ransomware group stormous hits Official Statement: Protecting palatineschool.org Infrastructure
MEDIUM
·Education·2026-06-28Official Statement: Protecting palatineschool.org Infrastructure — a education target has been listed by the stormous ransomware group on 2026-06-28. The information below reflects what the threat actor has publicly claimed on their leak site; the details have not been independently verified.
Incident Report
| Target Organization | Official Statement: Protecting palatineschool.org Infrastructure |
|---|---|
| Threat Group | stormous |
| Summary | During our routine network security audits, our team discovered critical structural vulnerabilities within Palatine School, which granted us full, unrestricted access to their central server (PALDC2020). We had the technical capacity to access every directory, including pupil databases ( StudentData NHS NO ) , Pupil Admin - Users -FocusIT) and staff records Personnel.We want to announce that we have locked down this operation and decided to leak absolutely nothing.This is an institution dedicated to children and special needs education. Unlike corporate thieves or ruthless threat actors, we operate with a strict code of ethics: we do not target children, schools, or healthcare facilities.Instead of destroying them, we have chosen to act as an uninvited security audit. We are using our platform to publicly invite the administration of Palatine School to contact us privately. We will provide them with the full technical details of the critical vulnerabilities we discovered and guide them on how to patch their system for free, ensuring they are protected from other ruthless cyber criminals. |
| Date of Breach | 2026-06-28 |
| Discovery Date | 2026-06-28 |
| Region | — |
| Target Domain | — |
| Business Sector | Education |
| Severity | MEDIUM |
Claim by stormous
During our routine network security audits, our team discovered critical structural vulnerabilities within Palatine School, which granted us full, unrestricted access to their central server (PALDC2020). We had the technical capacity to access every directory, including pupil databases ( StudentData NHS NO ) , Pupil Admin - Users -FocusIT) and staff records Personnel.We want to announce that we have locked down this operation and decided to leak absolutely nothing.This is an institution dedicated to children and special needs education. Unlike corporate thieves or ruthless threat actors, we operate with a strict code of ethics: we do not target children, schools, or healthcare facilities.Instead of destroying them, we have chosen to act as an uninvited security audit. We are using our platform to publicly invite the administration of Palatine School to contact us privately. We will provide them with the full technical details of the critical vulnerabilities we discovered and guide them on how to patch their system for free, ensuring they are protected from other ruthless cyber criminals.
Posted by the stormous threat actor on its public leak site. This is the group's own statement and has not been independently verified by HackerFeeds.
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