On Friday, the Funksec ransomware group, known for what some insiders believe is the first strain of GenAI-powered ransomware, took over the historic Sorbonne University in Paris.
🗞 The group posted information about the prestigious university on its dark leaks site on Friday, claiming to have removed 20GB of files from its servers.
While Funksec did not disclose the selling price for the “stolen” university data, the group gave the school’s leadership roughly 12 days to pay an undisclosed ransom demand.
"20GB of data plans and reports, credits [sic] etc, you know this is crazy stuff, searching for your name on the victim's device", the group wrote in broken English.