Was Vexin Normand hit by ransomware?

Vexin Normand was listed by the thegentlemen ransomware operation (France), 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 Vexin Normand breach?

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

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Vexin Normand

Claimed by Thegentlemen · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedMar 18, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: France
Listed on leak site: Mar 18, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Vexin Normand (Communauté de Communes du Vexin Normand) is a French intercommunal public body located in the Normandy region of France. It groups several municipalities to coordinate local public services and territorial development. Based on the domain cdc-vexin-normand.fr, it is a public administrative structure ('Communauté de Communes').

Industry: Regional Community Development / Local Government or Public Administration

Attack summary

Severity: high — The victim is a public administrative/local government entity in France; data_published status indicates confirmed exfiltration and release of data. Government/public sector records likely contain citizen PII and administrative data, warranting a high severity rating, though critical cannot be confirmed without visibility into the actual leak post contents.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have attacked Vexin Normand and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), though the leak post content is inaccessible due to a bot-verification screen, preventing confirmation of specific claims about encryption or exfiltration.

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What the group claims

cdc-vexin-normand.fr zoominfo.com/c/cdc-vexin-normandfr/1316064619 The Communauté de Communes du Vexin Normand offers a wide range of services including health care, public services, and cultural activities to support the local community. It focuses on various sectors such as health, education, mobility, and economic development, catering to residents and businesses in the Vexin Normand area. The community also promotes tourism and recreational activities, providing facilities like swimming pools, gyms, and libraries. Their initiatives aim to enhance the quality of life and foster a connected and sustainable environment for all inhabitants

The leak post

captured from the group's site

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Sources

Victim sitecdc-vexin-normand.fr
Leak posthttp://tezwsse5czllksjb7cwp65rvnk4oobmzti2znn42i43bjdfd2prqqkad.onion

Source

Indexed 3 months 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 483 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on September 9, 2025; most recent post June 11, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Also tracked as: the gentlemen.

Timeline of this disclosure

March 18, 2026Vexin Normand listed by thegentlemenon the group's public leak site

Other recent disclosures by thegentlemen

thegentlemen has been linked to 483 public victims on Darkfield. A sample of the most recent:

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Sector and geography

Geographically, Vexin Normand is reported in France, a country with 472 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by thegentlemen means Vexin Normand 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.