The Gentlemen Ransomware Group Lists Two New Australian Companies

The Gentlemen ransomware group has listed two Australian organisations as recent victims on its dark web ransom blog.

The latest listings name Dome Gold Mines, an Australian metals and mining company, and Alchin Long Group, which operates in the construction equipment manufacturing and retail sector.

The two listings appear to have been posted within around minutes of each other alongside a host of other overseas organisations, the countdown timer on the ransom blog site shows both listings with under 10 days remaining until the data is made available.

This further reinforces The Gentlemens listing on top 5 groups to watch for in the region.

At this stage, the listings should be treated as claims by the ransomware group rather than confirmation of a successful compromise. The presence of an organisation on a ransomware leak site does not, by itself, establish what systems or data may have been accessed or whether the claimed attack was successful.

The additions bring further attention to the group’s activity against Australian organisations and highlight the continued targeting of businesses outside the traditional large-enterprise targets associated with ransomware operations.

Organisations named on ransomware sites should monitor for any subsequent publication of files or samples, while affected organisations may wish to independently investigate the claim and look for indicators of compromise.

This article reports an unverified ransomware-group claim. No assertion is made that either organisation has been successfully compromised unless independently confirmed by the organisation or other reliable evidence.