University of Nottingham data breach
In June 2026, University of Nottingham suffered a data breach that exposed academic records, citizenship statuses, dates of birth, disabilities, email addresses, ethnicities, genders, ip addresses, names, passport numbers, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases, salutations, and usernames. The breach affected 454,635 accounts. If you had an account there, change your password there, never reuse it anywhere else, and check your email address with the free scan.
- Breach date
- June 9, 2026
- Added to this tracker
- June 10, 2026
- Accounts affected
- 454,635
- Company domain
- nottingham.ac.uk
- Data exposed
- Academic records, citizenship statuses, dates of birth, disabilities, email addresses, ethnicities, genders, ip addresses, names, passport numbers, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases, salutations, and usernames
Was my information in the University of Nottingham breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with University of Nottingham before June 2026, your information may have been included. The free Ghost Delete scan checks your email address against known data breaches, so run it to see whether your address shows up.
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What data was exposed?
In the University of Nottingham breach, the exposed data was academic records, citizenship statuses, dates of birth, disabilities, email addresses, ethnicities, genders, ip addresses, names, passport numbers, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases, salutations, and usernames.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at University of Nottingham right away, and anywhere else you reused it.
- Never reuse passwords: give every account a unique password.
- Watch for phishing emails and messages that use the exposed data to look convincing, and go to the site directly instead of clicking links.
- Run the free breach scan to check your email address against other breaches.
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