Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’
2026-06-14T01:23:25Z•b698f2ce959c46548496c060ec97e5241cd900ddedc2475b9f179491df066588
AI support botAWS GovCloudCISACanvas breachDDoSGitHub exposureInstagram compromiseKimwolf botnetMetaMicrosoft Patch TuesdayNetherlands takedownRussian influence operationsThe Gentlemenaccount takeoveraffiliatesanti-DDoS abusearrestscongressional inquirycredential leakcritical vulnerabilitiesdata extortioneducation sectorhosting abusepublic exploit coderansomware
What happened
A batch of KrebsOnSecurity reports covering multiple high-impact incidents: investigative clues point to a real-world administrator behind the ransomware group “The Gentlemen”; Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed a record ~200 flaws (nearly three dozen rated critical) with public exploit code available for at least three bugs; attackers abused Meta’s AI support assistant to reset Instagram passwords and briefly deface high-profile accounts; a CISA contractor publicly exposed AWS GovCloud credentials and internal secrets on GitHub, triggering congressional inquiries; Dutch authorities sie
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- krebs_on_security
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- 2026-06-14T01:23:25Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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