Was DHC hit by ransomware?

DHC was listed by the thegentlemen ransomware operation (Japan), 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 DHC breach?

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

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DHC Corporation

listed as DHC · Claimed by Thegentlemen · listed 1 day ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedAug 7, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: Japan
Listed on leak site: Aug 7, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

DHC Corporation is a prominent Japanese brand specializing in cosmetics, dietary supplements, and health foods. Originally founded as a translation company, the firm pivoted to focus on pure, natural ingredients and is renowned for its signature olive oil skincare products. DHC operates globally with a reputation for combining scientific research with affordable wellness offerings.

Industry: Cosmetics, Dietary Supplements & Health Foods

Attack summary

Severity: low — Post is a listing/announcement only with no proof files, screenshots, or evidence of data exfiltration or encryption impact provided. No sensitive data categories are mentioned.

The threat actor claims to have compromised DHC Corporation but provides no specifics regarding encryption, data exfiltration, or the nature of accessed information. No operational impact or data theft details are stated in the post.

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What the group claims

dhc.co.jp zoominfo.com/c/dhc-corp/372590440 DHC Corporation is a prominent Japanese brand renowned for its high-quality cosmetics, dietary supplements, and health foods. Originally founded as a translation company, it achieved global success by focusing on pure, natural ingredients—most notably its signature olive oil skincare. Today, DHC is trusted worldwide for combining rigorous scientific research with effective, affordable wellness products.

Sources

Victim sitedhc.co.jp

Source

Indexed 1 day 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 724 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2025; most recent post August 7, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: the gentlemen.

Timeline of this disclosure

August 7, 2026DHC listed by thegentlemenon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by thegentlemen

thegentlemen has been linked to 724 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, DHC is reported in Japan, a country with 89 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by thegentlemen means DHC 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.
Report the incident to your national CERT, JPCERT/CC (Japan), as required for your jurisdiction.
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.