Was EP Manufacturing Bhd hit by ransomware?

EP Manufacturing Bhd was listed by the thegentlemen ransomware operation (Malaysia), and stolen data was published on the group's leak site. Darkfield tracks this disclosure with the original leak post, screenshot and group context.

Who is the thegentlemen ransomware group?

thegentlemen is a ransomware operator tracked by Darkfield. See the full operator dossier for its known victims, sectors targeted, IOCs and leak-site infrastructure.

What data was leaked in the EP Manufacturing Bhd breach?

thegentlemen published data attributed to EP Manufacturing Bhd. Darkfield captured the leak post and a screenshot of the listing.

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EP Manufacturing Bhd

Claimed by Thegentlemen · listed 1 month ago

39d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedAug 31, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: Malaysia
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Aug 31, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

EP Manufacturing Bhd is a Malaysian automotive manufacturer listed on Bursa Malaysia (7773) since 1982. Historically a parts supplier to Proton, Perodua, Honda, and Toyota, the company has pivoted to complete vehicle assembly for Chinese EV brands (GWM, BAIC, XPENG, MG) at its Melaka facility, with capacity expanded to 30,000 vehicles/year.

Industry: Automotive Manufacturing & Assembly
Address: No. 8 & 10 Jalan Jurutera U1/23, Seksyen U1, Kawasan Perindustrian HICOM Glenmarie, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Founded: 1982

Attack summary

Severity: low — Post contains only listing/announcement with no description of exfiltrated data, proof files, or operational impact. No sensitive data categories are identified. Disclosure status is 'data_published' but the post itself does not detail what data was taken or demonstrate proof.

The leak post announces data publication by thegentlemen but provides no details of the attack method (encryption, exfiltration, or both) or specific data categories compromised. The post focuses on company financial performance and operational metrics rather than breach specifics.

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What the group claims

epmb.com.my zoominfo.com/c/ep-manufacturing-bhd/372140192 EPMB (7773, Bursa Malaysia) — Malaysian auto manufacturer, operating since 1982. Formerly made parts for Proton, Perodua, Honda, Toyota. Now assembles complete cars in Melaka for Chinese brands: GWM, BAIC, XPENG, MG. Capacity raised to 30,000 vehicles/year; in 2026 output exceeds 1,000 cars/month. Q2 2026: net profit RM5.15m (19× up), revenue RM212.7m (+67%) — 10-year record. Share price ~RM0.44, market cap ~RM125m, dividend ~1.2%; risks — debt and low liquidity.

Sources

Victim siteepmb.com.my

Source

Indexed 1 month ago

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Disclosure context

About thegentlemen

thegentlemen is a ransomware group that emerged in September 2025, operating with apparent financial motivations based on their broad targeting of commercial sectors. The group has documented 267 victims across multiple countries, with primary focus on the United States, Thailand, France, Brazil, and India. Their targeting strategy demonstrates a preference for high-value sectors including manufacturing, technology, healthcare, and financial services organizations. Given the group's recent emergence and limited public documentation from established threat intelligence sources such as CISA, FBI, or major security research firms, specific details regarding their country of origin, operational structure, attack methodologies, encryption techniques, and whether they employ ransomware-as-a-service models remain unclear. The relatively high victim count of 267 in a short operational timeframe since September 2025 suggests either an aggressive campaign pace or potential inflation of victim numbers through affiliate operations, though without corroborating intelligence reports, the group's exact operational capabilities and notable campaigns cannot be definitively established. Current intelligence indicates the group remains active as of late 2025, though comprehensive threat profiling requires additional validated reporting from authoritative cybersecurity sources. The group has been linked to 960 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2025; most recent post October 9, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: the gentlemen.

Timeline of this disclosure

August 31, 2026EP Manufacturing Bhd listed by thegentlemen on the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by thegentlemen

thegentlemen has been linked to 960 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 3,699 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, EP Manufacturing Bhd is reported in Malaysia, a country with 41 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by thegentlemen means EP Manufacturing Bhd appeared on a ransomware extortion site and data attributed to it has been published. If this is your organisation, or a supplier you depend on, the priority is to confirm the intrusion and contain it before the window to act closes.

Engage your incident-response team and preserve forensic evidence before remediating — do not wipe affected systems first.
Force a password reset and revoke active sessions for exposed accounts; rotate any credentials, API keys or certificates that may have been in the stolen data.
Assess regulatory notification duties (GDPR, NIS2, sector regulators) — many carry a 72-hour reporting clock from awareness.
Monitor for the data appearing on thegentlemen's leak site and across paste and breach channels, and brief downstream partners who may be exposed through you.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.