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Ransomware group threatens to leak customer data from top insurance companies in South Africa

·Source: DataBreaches.net

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Executive Summary

Luis Monzon reports: Ransomware-as-a-service group The Gentlemen threatened to leak data belonging to insurance companies LegalWise and Samwumed, with more South African companies likely to follow. The Gentlemen is one of the most active cybercriminal organisations in the world, and accounted for 17% of all ransomware attacks globally in July, according to Check Point Software.... Source

Analysis

Luis Monzon reports: Ransomware-as-a-service group The Gentlemen threatened to leak data belonging to insurance companies LegalWise and Samwumed, with more South African companies likely to follow. The Gentlemen is one of the most active cybercriminal organisations in the world, and accounted for 17% of all ransomware attacks globally in July, according to Check Point Software.... Source
Source Attribution

Originally published by DataBreaches.net on Oct 5, 2026.

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