When the Ransomware Gang Gets Hacked: What the Gentlemen Leak Reveals About Modern Ransomware Risk

Key Findings The Gentlemen RaaS has 400+ public victims and is the #2 most active ransomware group globally in 2026 Their internal systems were breached in May 2026, exposing their full operational structure The group is run by approximately nine named operators organized around a single administrator (zeta88 / hastalamuerte), who not only manages the platform but personally participates in encryption events That administrator has been identified as a former affiliate of the Qilin ransomware program — a career criminal who learned the trade under an established operation before building a…