The Gentlemen: When Ransomware-as-a-Service Becomes an Industry

The Gentlemen, a Russian-speaking RaaS group emerging mid-2025, has industrialised ransomware operations with 1,570+ compromised networks across 70+ countries using a structured affiliate model paying 90-97% revenue share. A breach of their hosting provider exposed internal operations, revealing how modern ransomware groups now operate with recruitment, compensation policies, innovation cycles, and outsourcing practices identical to legitimate SaaS businesses.

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