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 9, 2026DermaPharm listed by thegentlemenon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Healthcare sector, which has 1,779 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, DermaPharm is reported in DK, a country with 6 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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DermaPharm

Claimed by thegentlemen · listed 12 days ago

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Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 9, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: DK
Sector: Healthcare
Listed on leak site: May 9, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

DermaPharm A/S is a 100% Danish-owned skincare company founded in 1980 and headquartered in Fårup, Denmark. The company develops and manufactures mild, eco-certified, and allergy-friendly personal care products, operating as both a brand owner (brands: Derma, DermaKnowlogy, Avivir) and a full-service private label manufacturer. It is a market leader in Nordic/Scandinavian suncare and is an official sunscreen partner of the Danish Cancer Society (Kræftens Bekæmpelse).

Industry: Skincare & Personal Care Products Manufacturing
Address: Europavej 10, DK-8990 Fårup, Denmark
Founded: 1980

Attack summary

Severity: high — The disclosure status is 'data_published', confirming data exfiltration and publication by the threat actor against a healthcare-sector company. Although specific data categories are not enumerated in the truncated post, a healthcare/personal care manufacturer handling product formulations, client (private label) business data, and potentially employee/consumer PII warrants a high severity rating.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have compromised DermaPharm A/S and the disclosed status indicates data has been published; no specific details on encryption or the nature/volume of exfiltrated data are provided in the leak post.

high

What the group claims

dermapharm.dk DermaPharm A/S is a 100% Danish-owned skincare company founded in 1980, specializing in mild, eco-certified, and allergy-friendly personal care products. Headquartered in Fårup, Denmark, they operate a 10,000 m production facility and serve as both a brand owner (Derma) and a full-service private label manufacturer for third parties The company is a market leader in Nordic suncare and a trusted partner of the Danish Cancer Society

Sources

Victim sitedermapharm.dk

Source

Indexed 12 days ago

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