Was SmartSystems hit by ransomware?

SmartSystems was listed by the thegentlemen ransomware operation (Ireland), 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 SmartSystems breach?

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

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i.e. Smart Systems

listed as SmartSystems · Claimed by Thegentlemen · listed 2 months ago

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Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

ListedApr 23, 2026
Data leakeddate unknown

At a glance

Group: Thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: Ireland
Sector: Technology
Listed on leak site: Apr 23, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

i.e. Smart Systems is a Houston, Texas-based technology integrator founded in 2000 by Gary and Doug Colvin. The company specializes in audio/video systems, structured cabling, security systems (video surveillance and access control), wireless networks, and video conferencing solutions for commercial clients. With approximately 94 employees and ~$18.7 million in revenue, it serves universities, oil & gas campuses, banks, and municipalities across Texas, with over 90% repeat business.

Industry: Technology Integration & Infrastructure (A/V, Cabling, Security)
Address: Houston, Texas, USA
Employees: 94
Founded: 2000

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data is confirmed as published (data_published status), meaning exfiltrated data has been released. The company serves banks, oil & gas, municipalities, and universities, raising likelihood of sensitive business and client data exposure. No regulated personal data at scale is explicitly confirmed, but the client base and business nature elevate severity to high.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have published data obtained from i.e. Smart Systems, with the disclosure status listed as data_published. No specific ransom amount 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

Business client records
Project and contract data
Financial records
Employee information
Internal company documents

What the group claims

iesmartsystems.com zoominfo.com/c/smart-systems/139592895 Technology integrator since 2000 — Founded in Houston, Texas by Gary and Doug Colvin, i.e. Smart Systems has over 25 years of experience delivering design-build technology solutions for commercial clients.Core services: A/V, Cabling & Security — The company specializes in audio/video systems, structured cabling (fiber optic, voice, network), security systems (video surveillance, access control), wireless networks, and video conferencing solutions.Strong client loyalty — More than 90% of their business comes from repeat customers, ranging from small municipalities to large publicly-traded corporations; they serve universities, oil & gas campuses, banks, and more across Texas.Award-winning company — i.e. Smart Systems is a four-time Houston Business Journal Fast Tech 50 award recipient, with ~94 employees and revenue of approximately $18.7 million.

Sources

Victim siteiesmartsystems.com

Source

Indexed 2 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

April 23, 2026SmartSystems 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

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Technology sector, which has 2,526 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, SmartSystems is reported in Ireland, a country with 5 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

If your organisation is affected

A listing by thegentlemen means SmartSystems 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.