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thegentlemen is a ransomware threat actor active in 2026 and publicly associated with data-theft extortion operations against organizations across multiple regions and sectors. Reported victims span North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, indicating broad opportunistic targeting rather than a narrowly focused vertical or geography. Observed victim sectors include healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, education, business services, construction, agriculture, consumer services, technology, and finance. thegentlemen has been linked to ransomware incidents that are also characterized as data breaches, indicating a double-extortion model in which victim data is exfiltrated and used to pressure organizations in addition to file encryption or operational disruption. Reported victimology includes private companies, healthcare providers, industrial firms, investment entities, educational affiliates, and service providers. This breadth suggests the group prioritizes accessible enterprise targets over a specialized espionage mission. Publicly attributed activity shows the group naming victims from diverse countries including the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Japan, Malaysia, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Taiwan, India, Argentina, Italy, and the Netherlands. Known victim organizations attributed to thegentlemen include Mahajak Development, Ministarstvo zdravstva Republike Hrvatske, Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems / Atlas Elektronik, South Texas Spinal Clinic, Calipage Humblet, Energon, EBNY Development, DHC Corporation, Crossroads Medical Management, Enciso Ltda, Shamrock Holdings, Medic Rescue, LogiQuip, Virginia Historical Society, Quanterm Logistics, Fortray, INTERNET AG, Keifert, Kosmos, Palmer Sicard, and additional organizations reported in 2026. There is no high-confidence public evidence in the available material tying thegentlemen to a specific nation-state sponsor. The actor is best characterized as a financially motivated ransomware group. No corroborated sub-groups or widely used alternate aliases are established in the available information beyond the name thegentlemen itself.
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Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.
Sectors the actor has been observed targeting.
Geographies tied to known operations.
17 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
1 malware family attributed to this actor across reporting.
8 CVEs this actor has used in observed campaigns. 8 of them exploited in the wild.
SMBv1 CVE-2017-0144 ("EternalBlue") TheGentlemen
CVE-2017-17215 9.1 NETGEAR Routers (R6400, R7000, R8000) World Leaks, TheGentlemen, Devman Link
NetLogon CVE-2020-1472 ("ZeroLogon") TheGentlemen
Local Security Authority (LSA) CVE-2021-36942 ("PetitPotam") TheGentlemen
SmartScreen CVE-2024-21412 TheGentlemen
3 more CVEs tied to this actor tracked in Mallory.
6 indicators attributed to this actor: domains, IPs, hashes, and other artifacts pulled from reporting. View more in app.
20 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Conducting a ransomware attack against Ferretería Scopazzo in Argentina.
Conducting a ransomware attack against Fortray.
Conducting a ransomware attack resulting in a data breach against Martin Cava.
Conducting a ransomware attack against Aveiro Constructors Limited.
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Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.
Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.
CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.
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Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.