Was Al Dhow Group hit by ransomware?

Al Dhow Group was listed by the thegentlemen ransomware operation (United Arab Emirates), 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 Al Dhow Group breach?

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

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Dhow International Holding

listed as Al Dhow Group · Claimed by Thegentlemen · listed 2 days ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedJul 1, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: United Arab Emirates
Sector: Transportation/Logistics
Listed on leak site: Jul 1, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Dhow International Holding is a diversified GCC-based conglomerate operating across multiple sectors including engineering solutions, architectural design, hospitality, food & beverage manufacturing and distribution, supply chain logistics (WeStore), pharmaceuticals (Roots Pharmaceutical), and venture capital. The group delivers integrated end-to-end services across the asset lifecycle and operates multiple subsidiary brands across the Middle East and North Africa region.

Industry: Diversified Holding Company (Engineering, Architecture, Hospitality, Food & Beverage, Logistics, Healthcare, Venture Capital)

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published by the threat actor (disclosed status: data_published), indicating confirmed breach and exfiltration. However, the leak post contains no specifics about data types, volume, or sensitivity, and no proof files/screenshots are advertised. The company operates across multiple sectors including healthcare and pharmaceuticals which may involve regulated data, but this is not confirmed in the post.

The ransomware group 'thegentlemen' claims to have compromised Dhow International Holding and published data. No specific details are provided in the leak post regarding whether data was exfiltrated, encrypted, or the nature of compromised information.

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What the group claims

***.com zoominfo.com/c/al-dhow/345585723 Dhow International Holding is a diversified group of companies with a portfolio spanning high-growth and high-impact industries across the GCC region.Their extensive operations encompass a wide range of sectors, including engineering, architectural solutions, hospitality, food & beverage, logistics, healthcare, and venture capital. The group is committed to delivering integrated, end-to-end services while fostering long-term sustainable growth across all its businesses

Sources

Victim siteal-dhow.com

Source

Indexed 2 days 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 559 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2025; most recent post July 1, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: the gentlemen.

Timeline of this disclosure

July 1, 2026Al Dhow Group listed by thegentlemenon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by thegentlemen

thegentlemen has been linked to 559 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 Transportation/Logistics sector, which has 1,081 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Al Dhow Group is reported in United Arab Emirates, a country with 40 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by thegentlemen means Al Dhow Group 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, aeCERT (United Arab Emirates), 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.