{"id":328,"date":"2026-08-04T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberasia.io\/article\/blog\/central-polytechnic-college-data-breach-cl0wnzsec-leaks-student-pii\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T11:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:07:48","slug":"central-polytechnic-college-data-breach-cl0wnzsec-leaks-student-pii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberasia.io\/article\/data-leak\/central-polytechnic-college-data-breach-cl0wnzsec-leaks-student-pii\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Polytechnic College Data Breach: Cl0wnZSec Leaks Student PII"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u26a0\ufe0f THREAT INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY:<\/strong>
\nCyberAsia has intercepted dark web communications indicating a severe cybersecurity incident involving educational infrastructure in India. A threat actor group known as \u201cCl0wnZSec\u201d has claimed responsibility for the Central Polytechnic College Data Breach<\/strong>, located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The incident involves the exfiltration of highly sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII) belonging to students and staff, accompanied by targeted website defacements.<\/p>\n

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Scope of the Cl0wnZSec Intrusion<\/h2>\n

The Central Polytechnic College Data Breach<\/strong> appears to be a multi-faceted attack involving both data exfiltration and public defacement. In a recent Telegram broadcast, the threat actor Cl0wnZSec<\/em> gloated about the ease of their intrusion, posting screenshots of backend database structures and directly mocking the institution\u2019s security posture with statements like, \u201cYour system security is too lowww!!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The initial vector of compromise remains unconfirmed, but the screenshots provided by the attackers display deep access to the institution\u2019s internal database tables, indicating a potential SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability or compromised administrator credentials.<\/p>\n

Critical PII Exposed in the Dump<\/h2>\n

A forensic review of the leaked screenshots reveals a massive exposure of sensitive personal data. The compromised tables, which appear to map directly to the institution\u2019s Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Electronics departments, contain comprehensive records dating from 2009 up to late 2023.<\/p>\n

The exfiltrated data explicitly includes:<\/p>\n

\n > COMPROMISED_DATA_RECORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n