{
  "id": 12271583,
  "title": "Data Leak Suspected at University in Osaka due to Cyberattack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/data-leak-suspected-at-university-in-osaka-due-to-cyberattack",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-06T01:20:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026100500874/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Osaka Metropolitan University suspects a data leak may have occurred due to a cyberattack, affecting over 130,000 students and staff records. President Hiroyuki Sakuragi acknowledged the incident during a press conference, expressing regret that the university could not prevent the situation. The cyberattack, possibly involving ransomware, led to the failure of around 500 servers on Friday, disrupting crucial systems. The leaked data encompasses names, addresses, email addresses, and additional information related to the university and its predecessor institutions, Osaka Prefecture University and Osaka City University. The campus network for students and the teaching staff portal remained inaccessible as of Monday, causing lecture cancellations.",
  "summary": "Osaka, Oct. 6 (Jiji Press)--Osaka Metropolitan University has said that data on at least 130,000 students and teachers may have leaked from the institution due to a system failure caused by a cyberattack. \"It is regrettable that we could not prevent the incident,\" Hiroyuki Sakuragi, president of the university in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, said at a press conference held Monday to ann...",
  "key_points": [
    "Osaka Metropolitan University suspects data leak from cyberattack.",
    "Incident affects over 130,000 students and staff records.",
    "Cyberattack possibly involving ransomware causes server failure."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The suspected data leak due to a cyberattack at Osaka Metropolitan University means a significant breach of sensitive personal data for a large segment of its students and staff.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}