Who Runs the Ransomware Group ‘The Gentlemen?’
2026-06-15T19:23:31Z•c5d59666adea4836be11eaf17a24488a22aa5986b2602cf2395721855f5dcf4e
AWS GovCloudCISACanvasDDoSGitHub leakInstagram compromiseKimwolfMeta AIMicrosoft Patch TuesdayRussia-linked infrastructureThe Gentlemenaccount takeoverbotnetdata exfiltrationdata extortiondata leakeducation platformhosting providerslaw enforcement arrestspublic exploit coderansomwarevulnerabilitieszero-day
What happened
KrebsOnSecurity feed covering multiple high-impact incidents: investigative piece linking an identity to the ransomware group “The Gentlemen”; Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday fixing nearly 200 vulnerabilities (dozens rated critical and at least three with public exploit code); attackers abusing Meta’s AI support bot to hijack Instagram accounts; Dutch authorities seizing ~800 servers and arresting two operators tied to Russian cyber influence/attack infrastructure; a major CISA contractor leak that exposed AWS GovCloud keys and internal CISA repositories on public GitHub prompting Congress
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