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, 2026Forsheda Stlverktyg 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, Forsheda Stlverktyg is reported in SE, a country with 9 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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Forsheda Stlverktyg

Claimed by thegentlemen · listed 15 days ago

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Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 6, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: thegentlemen
Status: Data leaked
Country: SE
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: May 6, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Forsheda Stålverktyg AB is a Swedish manufacturer of high-quality injection moulding tools for the plastics, rubber, and metal industries, founded in 1961 and headquartered in Forsheda, Sweden. The company manages the full tool lifecycle — from design and manufacturing to repair, modification, and service — and operates a fully equipped workshop on-site as well as through selected international suppliers. It employs 11–50 people and holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certifications.

Industry: Injection Moulding Tool Manufacturing
Address: Skyttebovägen 6, Forsheda, Sweden
Employees: 11-50
Founded: 1961

Attack summary

Severity: medium — Data has been published (data_published status), indicating confirmed exfiltration, but the scale, volume, and sensitivity of the disclosed data are not specified. The company is a small industrial SME (11–50 employees) with no indication of regulated data such as PII at scale, medical, or government data, placing this at medium rather than high or critical.

The group 'thegentlemen' claims to have attacked Forsheda Stålverktyg AB and has published data (disclosed status: data_published), though the leak post does not specify whether encryption or exfiltration occurred, nor the volume or nature of the data released.

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Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Company documents
Technical drawings and archives
Business records

What the group claims

stalverktyg.com zoominfo.com/c/forsheda-stlverktyg-ab/345814836 Forsheda Stalverktyg AB is a Swedish industrial company founded in 1961 by Sigfrid Johansson, based in Forsheda, Sweden. For over 60 years, it has developed, manufactured, and serviced high-quality injection molding tools for the plastics, rubber, and metal industries. The company manages the full tool lifecycle — from product idea and manufacturing to repair and modification — and is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015. It employs 11–50 people and collaborates with international suppliers in Asia

Sources

Victim sitestalverktyg.com

Source

Indexed 15 days ago

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