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 424 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2025; most recent post May 18, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: the gentlemen.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 6, 2026Worralls listed by thegentlemenon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Worralls is reported in NZ, a country with 6 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

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.

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Worralls

Claimed by thegentlemen · listed 15 days ago

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Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 6, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: NZ
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: May 6, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

W.H. Worrall & Co. Limited (Worralls) is New Zealand's leading distributor of premium cycling and sporting brands, headquartered at 12 Hugo Johnston Drive, Penrose, Auckland. The company traces its roots to the early 1900s and has been formally registered since May 27, 1988. It distributes brands including Bell Helmets, Campagnolo, SRAM, Continental, Rock Shox, and others to both professional and recreational cyclists across New Zealand.

Industry: Sporting Goods & Cycling Equipment Distribution
Address: 12 Hugo Johnston Drive, Penrose, Auckland, New Zealand
Founded: 1988

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published (disclosed status: data_published), indicating confirmed exfiltration, but no details on the nature, scale, or sensitivity of the data are provided, and no ransom or data size was stated, limiting severity assessment.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have attacked Worralls and has published data ('data_published' status), though no specific claims about encryption or exfiltration volume are detailed in the post. No ransom amount or data size was stated.

medium

What the group claims

worrall.co.nz W.H. Worrall & Co. Limited (Worralls) is New Zealand's leading distributor of world-class cycling and sporting brands, with roots going back to the early 1900s when it was founded by W.H. Worrall in Auckland. Today, the company is headquartered at 12 Hugo Johnston Drive, Penrose, Auckland, and remains a family-linked business formally registered since May 27, 1988. Worralls distributes an impressive portfolio of premium brands including Bell Helmets, Campagnolo, SRAM, Continental, Rock Shox, Cane Creek, Blackburn, San Marco, and Tacx, catering to both professional cyclists and recreational riders. The company has historically been a pioneer in the NZ cycling market — it was among the first to have Japanese manufacturers produce bicycles to English specifications

Sources

Victim siteworrall.co.nz

Source

Indexed 15 days ago

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