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, 2026Value Exchange International listed by thegentlemenon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Financial Services sector, which has 516 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Value Exchange International is reported in HK, a country with 23 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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Value Exchange International

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: HK
Sector: Financial Services
Listed on leak site: May 12, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Value Exchange International Inc. (VEII) is a Hong Kong-based retail technology company with over 30 years of experience, operating across Asia, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The company provides Managed Operations, Systems Integration, and retail hardware solutions including Electronic Shelf Labels and AI-powered inspection robots. It supports over 20,000 daily point-of-sale transactions and facilitates more than HK$400 billion in annual retail sales.

Industry: Retail Technology & Managed IT Services
Employees: 300

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data is reported as published (not merely threatened), and VEII handles high-volume POS transaction data and retail financial flows at scale (HK$400B+ annually), meaning exfiltrated data likely includes sensitive business and potentially customer financial records.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have published data belonging to Value Exchange International, with the disclosure status recorded as data_published. No specific details on encryption or the precise nature of exfiltrated data are provided in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Corporate business data
Retail operations data
Client/retailer transaction records

What the group claims

valueexch.com Value Exchange International Inc. is a trailblazing retail technology leader with over 30 years of expertise, delivering comprehensive digital solutions across Asia, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Their 300+ professionals provide 24/7 Managed Operations, Systems Integration, and innovative retail hardware — from Electronic Shelf Labels to AI-powered inspection robots — powering 20,000+ daily POS transactions and HK$400+ billion in annual retail sales. With a customer-centric approach and cutting-edge technology, VEII empowers retailers to thrive through seamless digital transformation and operational excellence

Sources

Victim sitevalueexch.com

Source

Indexed 8 days ago

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