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, 2026GeTeCe 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, GeTeCe is reported in DE, a country with 333 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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GeTeCe

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: DE
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: May 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

GeTeCe Group is a Thailand-based ingredients distributor founded in 1978, supplying specialty chemicals, fragrances, flavours, and food ingredients to manufacturing industries across Southeast Asia. The company operates a blending facility and warehouse logistics operation, serving clients with tailored formulation solutions and regulatory compliance support. It has maintained operations for over four decades and maintains global supplier partnerships.

Industry: Specialty Chemicals, Fragrances & Food Ingredients Distribution
Founded: 1978

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed as published (data_published status), indicating successful exfiltration and public release of company data; while specific data categories are not enumerated in the post, actual publication of stolen data from a private business constitutes a high-severity event.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have published data exfiltrated from GeTeCe, with the disclosure status recorded as 'data_published', indicating data has been released rather than merely threatened.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Exfiltrated company data (type unspecified)

What the group claims

getece.com zoominfo.com/c/getece-co-ltd/353619915 GeTeCe is Thailand's trusted ingredients partner since 1978, specializing in premium chemicals, fragrances, flavours, and food ingredients for diverse manufacturing industries. With four decades of expertise, a state-of-the-art blending facility, and strategic global partnerships, they deliver tailored solutions backed by deep market insights and regulatory compliance. Their dedicated technical team and reliable supply chain empower clients to innovate confidently and stay ahead in competitive markets across Southeast Asia

Sources

Victim sitegetece.com

Source

Indexed 8 days ago

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