Tshwane University of Technology
Data Breach on December 26, 2023
| Data Breach Report | ||
|---|---|---|
| Victim | tut.ac.za | |
| Threat Actor | Rhysida | |
| Date Discovered | Dec 26, 2023 | |
| Description | Tshwane University of Technology is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. | |
| Leak Size | Unknown |
Credential Exposure for tut.ac.za
We've indexed 2,314 @tut.ac.za accounts from external breaches, plus 17,836 credentials for tut.ac.za itself.
Last checked Aug 23, 2026
| @tut.ac.za addresses from external breaches | |
|---|---|
| Third-party breaches | 1,884 accounts · across 265 breaches · 1,758 with a plaintext password · most recent May 9, 2025 |
| Combo lists | 1,372 accounts · most recent Aug 22, 2026 |
| Passwords for tut.ac.za accounts | |
|---|---|
| Combo lists | 16,739 logins · most recent Aug 23, 2026 |
| Infostealer logs | 5,017 logins · 2,594 infected devices · most recent Aug 8, 2026 |
Logins may belong to customers or to staff, and the data doesn't say which. None of this is necessarily connected to the ransomware attack above.
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