On June 10, Kyushu University announced that a device managed by one of its on-campus research laboratories had been infected with ransomware, and that the personal information of 43 patients from the university hospital may have been compromised.
According to the university, the device managed by the research laboratory was subjected to unauthorized access and is believed to have been infected with ransomware. As a result, the university stated that it cannot rule out the possibility that the names of 43 patients from Kyushu University Hospital, along with surgical video data stored on the device, may have been leaked to external parties.