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 6, 2026Riggotts 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, Riggotts 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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Riggotts

Claimed by thegentlemen · listed 15 days ago

14d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 6, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: GB
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: May 6, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Riggott and Company Limited (trading as Riggotts) is a UK-based line marking and surface coating contractor founded in 1994 and headquartered in Tuxford, Newark, Nottinghamshire. The company operates more than 50 specialist teams working 24/7 across the United Kingdom, serving clients in road, airport, car park, warehouse, and sports court sectors. It is part of the Roads and Construction Division of the Tennants Group, with an estimated annual turnover of approximately £8 million.

Industry: Road Marking & Surface Coating Contractors
Address: Tuxford, Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Employees: 201-500
Founded: 1994

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed published by the threat actor, indicating successful exfiltration. As a contractor working with NHS hospitals, airports, and national infrastructure clients, leaked data could include sensitive contract, personnel, and client information of significant business and potentially public-sector impact.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have attacked Riggotts and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), indicating exfiltration of company data. No specific ransom amount or total data volume was stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company operational data
Potentially employee records
Potentially client/contract information

What the group claims

riggott.co.uk zoominfo.com/c/riggotts--co-ltd/345701355 Riggotts (Riggott and Company Limited) is one of the UK's leading line marking and surface coating contractors, founded on 2 November 1994 by brothers Nick and Darren Riggott. Headquartered in Tuxford, Newark, Nottinghamshire, the company has grown to operate more than 50 specialist teams working 24/7 across the entire United Kingdom. Estimated annual turnover stands at approximately 8 million

Sources

Victim siteriggott.co.uk

Source

Indexed 15 days ago

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