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 12, 2026Dodson & Horrell listed by thegentlemenon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Agriculture and Food Production sector, which has 536 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Dodson & Horrell is reported in GB, a country with 309 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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Dodson & Horrell

Claimed by thegentlemen · listed 8 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 12, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: GB
Sector: Agriculture and Food Production
Listed on leak site: May 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Dodson & Horrell is a family-run, UK-based animal feed manufacturer established in 1939, specialising in premium nutrition for horses, poultry, and zoo animals. The company operates from Cheshire, England, and serves global equestrian communities as the exclusive feed partner to the British Equestrian Teams. Their product range spans balancers, fibres, performance feeds, and specialist nutrition lines, supported by a dedicated Nutritional Helpline.

Industry: Equine & Specialist Animal Feed Manufacturing
Address: Northwich Road, Middlewich, Cheshire, CW10 0HH, United Kingdom
Employees: 51-200
Founded: 1939

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published (not merely listed), indicating confirmed exfiltration of business data from a private family-run company. While no specific regulated or mass-PII dataset is described, the 'data_published' status elevates this beyond medium; customer, supplier, and employee records are plausibly at risk from a manufacturer of this scale.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have compromised Dodson & Horrell and the disclosure status is listed as 'data_published', indicating exfiltration and publication of company data. No specific ransom amount or data size has been stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company data (unspecified)

What the group claims

dodsonandhorrell.com zoominfo.com/c/dodson--horrell-ltd/21104188 Dodson Horrell is a world-leading, family-run feed manufacturer established in 1939, specializing in premium nutrition for horses, poultry, and zoo animals. With over 80 years of expertise, their science-backed formulations and dedicated Nutritional Helpline empower owners to care for every animal as an individual. As exclusive feed partners to the British Equestrian Teams and a trusted name across global equestrian communities, they combine heritage, innovation, and unwavering quality

Sources

Victim sitedodsonandhorrell.com

Source

Indexed 8 days ago

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