Ransomware.live: thegentlemen

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The Gentlemen is a RaaS group that emerged in July–August 2025, rapidly claiming over 320 victims across 17+ countries by offering affiliates a 90% revenue share, deploying a Go-based locker against Windows, Linux, NAS, and BSD systems; a compromised C2 server in 2026 revealed more than 1,570 linked victims.

Victims

653

First Discovered

2025-09-09

victim

Last Discovered

2026-07-23

victim

Inactive Since

day

Avg Delay

51.0

days

Infostealer

24.0%

victims with domain

Countries

hit

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Attack Velocity — Last 12 months

Stable vs last month

Known Locations (1)

Favicon	Title	Type	Available	Last Visit	Server Info	FQDN
	Gentlecloud Protection		Yes	2026-07-24T15:44:05	nginx	`tezwsse5czllksjb7cwp65rvnk4oobmzti2znn42i43bjdfd2prqqkad.onion`

Target

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Ransom Notes (2)

Tools Used

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Discovery	RMM Tools	Defense Evasion	Credential Theft	OffSec	Networking	LOLBAS	Exfiltration
ADFind BloodHound Censys CertiHound MANSPIDER PowerZure Shodan gogo scanner ldapdomaindump placeholder placeholder	AnyDesk placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder	EDRStartupHinder GFreeze GLinker placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder	DumpBrowserSecrets Hydra KslDump KslKatz XenAllPasswordPro placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder	Custom Go Locker (Windows/Linux/NAS) NetExec (nxc) PetitPotam PrivHound RegPwn RelayKing Responder TrustedSec Titanis Velociraptor ZeroPulse ntlmrelayx	Chisel-ng ProxyChains Tor / Onion C2 openconnect placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder	placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder	rclone placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder placeholder

Vulnerabilities Exploited (8)

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Vendor	Product	CVE	Source
erlang	otp	CVE-2025-32433	Unit42
Meta	react-server-dom-webpack	CVE-2025-55182	Unit42
Fortinet	FortiOS	CVE-2024-55591	Unit42
Microsoft	Windows 10 Version 1507	CVE-2025-33073	Unit42
MS Server Products	SMBv1	CVE-2017-0144	kelacyber.com
Windows	SmartScreen	CVE-2024-21412	ransom-isac.com
Windows	NetLogon	CVE-2020-1472	checkpoint.com
Windows	Local Security Authority (LSA)	CVE-2021-36942	kelacyber.com

TTPs Matrix (12)

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Initial Access	Execution	Persistence	Privilege Escalation	Defense Evasion	Credential Access	Discovery	Lateral Movement	Collection	Exfiltration	Command and Control	Impact
Valid Accounts	Windows Management Instrumentation	Create Account	Exploitation for Privilege Escalation	Obfuscated Files or Information	OS Credential Dumping	Remote System Discovery	Remote Services	Data from Local System	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol	Application Layer Protocol	Data Encrypted for Impact
Valid Accounts: Domain Accounts	Command and Scripting Interpreter	Create or Modify System Process	Forced Authentication	Indicator Removal	Brute Force	Network Service Discovery	Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol	Data from Network Shared Drive	Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Symmetric Encrypted Non-C2 Protocol	Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols	Service Stop
External Remote Services	Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell	Boot or Logon Autostart Execution	Adversary-in-the-Middle	Proxy	Unsecured Credentials	Permission Groups Discovery	Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares	Data Staged	Transfer Data to Cloud Account	Remote Access Software	Inhibit System Recovery
Exploit Public-Facing Application	Command and Scripting Interpreter: Windows Command Shell			Modify Registry	Credentials from Password Stores	Account Discovery	Remote Services: SSH	Data Staged: Local Data Staging		Protocol Tunneling	Defacement
Phishing	Software Deployment Tools			Domain Policy Modification: Group Policy Modification		Account Discovery: Domain Account	Remote Service Session Hijacking	Email Collection		Encrypted Channel
				Impair Defenses		Domain Trust Discovery
				Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools		Cloud Service Discovery

KQL Query (3)

YARA Rules (1)

Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) (7)

Hash SHA1 4 session 1 tox 2

Type	IOC
`Hash SHA1`	`c0979ec20b87084317d1bfa50405f7149c3b5c5f`
`Hash SHA1`	`c12c4d58541cc4f75ae19b65295a52c559570054`
`Hash SHA1`	`df249727c12741ca176d5f1ccba3ce188a546d28`
`Hash SHA1`	`e00293ce0eb534874efd615ae590cf6aa3858ba4`
`session`	`05809b2da1d5b1a302f48b5767fd1843d54f3c516f9ab0eb26b544ffa73340292e`
`tox`	`98C132E2B20B531BE6604397D97040C1E9EB42FCE12EDF119BCE8B4031CA5C70DAF5E65FA3C3`
`tox`	`F8E24C7F5B12CD69C44C73F438F65E9BF560ADF35EBBDF92CF9A9B84079F8F04060FF98D098E`

Thegentlemen / Storm-2697

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Attack Velocity — Last 12 months