Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’

A cluster of high-risk cyber incidents: Microsoft released a record ~200 fixes in June 2026 (nearly three dozen rated critical) with public exploit code available for at least three flaws; a CISA contractor publicly exposed AWS GovCloud keys and internal build/deploy secrets on GitHub, prompting congressional scrutiny and wide operational risk to U.S. government systems; the ransomware group “The Gentlemen” has rapidly expanded via aggressive affiliate recruiting (offering 90% of ransoms) and reporting surfaced clues to the administrator’s real-world identity; attackers abused Meta’s AI “help”