Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’

Multiple high-impact incidents reported by KrebsOnSecurity in May–June 2026: a surge in ransomware activity with reporting that the group “The Gentlemen” has become the second-most active ransomware gang and clues to the operator’s real-life identity; Microsoft’s June Patch Tuesday fixed a record ~200 vulnerabilities (nearly three dozen rated critical) with public exploit code observed for at least three flaws; attackers abused Meta’s AI support assistant to hijack high-profile Instagram accounts via social-engineering; a CISA contractor publicly exposed AWS GovCloud keys and internal secrets—