🚨Cyber Alert ‼️ 🇯🇵Japan - 𝗢𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 (𝗢𝗠𝗨) Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) confirmed that a ransomware attack on October 2, 2026 compromised its virtualization infrastructure, forcing approximately 500 servers offline and encrypting much of its backup data, leaving it unusable. The disruption affected all five campuses, disabling the university website, course-registration platforms and other academic and administrative systems. All classes from October 2 through October 8 were cancelled. The university has no estimated timeframe for full system recovery. Threat actor: Not specified Sector: Education Data exposure (claimed): Not specified Data type: Not specified Observed: Oct 2, 2026 Status: Confirmed ESIX©: 7.45 Full details and impact assessment on HackRisk.io