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, 2026Electroban SAE listed by thegentlemenon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Electroban SAE is reported in PY.

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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Electroban SAE

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: PY
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: May 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Electroban SAE is a 100% Paraguayan retail company founded in 2007, specializing in home appliances, electronics, furniture, motorcycles, and related consumer goods. The company operates numerous branches across Paraguay with nationwide coverage and a certified e-commerce platform, serving over 100,000 customers. It employs more than 700 staff and is expanding toward a 70-store footprint.

Industry: Consumer Electronics & Home Appliances Retail
Address: Paraguay (nationwide; no specific street address stated or inferable)
Employees: 700
Founded: 2007

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been confirmed published ('data_published' status) by the threat actor, indicating exfiltration and public release of data from a company with over 100,000 customers and 700+ employees; the scale of potential PII exposure (customer and employee records) warrants a high severity rating, though no specific regulated data categories (medical, financial, government) are confirmed.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have published data belonging to Electroban SAE, with the disclosure status marked as data_published, indicating exfiltration and public release of company data. No specific ransom demand or data volume was stated in the post.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Customer records
Employee data
Business operational data
E-commerce platform data

What the group claims

electroban.com.py zoominfo.com/c/electroban-sae/372861276 Electroban is a leading 100% Paraguayan retail company founded in 2007, specializing in home appliances, electronics, furniture, and motorcycles. With nationwide coverage through numerous branches and home delivery, they serve over 100,000 customers with a certified e-commerce platform and reliable after-sales support. Backed by a team of 700+ employees and values like honesty and continuous learning, Electroban is expanding toward 70 stores to bring innovation and quality of life to families across Paraguay

Sources

Victim siteelectroban.com.py

Source

Indexed 8 days ago

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