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Ransomware group thegentlemen hits Chip7
Chip7 — a technology target operating in PT has been listed by the thegentlemen ransomware group on 2026-09-07. The information below reflects what the threat actor has publicly claimed on their leak site; the details have not been independently verified.
Incident Report
| Target Organization | Chip7 |
|---|---|
| Threat Group | thegentlemen |
| Summary | chip7.pt zoominfo.com/c/chip7/507351948 We have downloaded your company's data: Confidential personal data and customer information, Financial Documents and Accounting, Business correspondence and legal documents, your databases, e-mails, IT infrastructure information, Accesses and credentials, Technical documentation and other data about you company. Chip7 is Portugal's largest IT & gaming retail franchise network — born in 1994 as a tiny Porto PC-assembler, crashed with its holding's 2010 bankruptcy, had its brand seized and sold by state bank CGD, then reborn as a franchise federation run by master franchisor Strongpage (just ~9 employees owning only the brand, website and buying power). Today: 90+ independent franchised stores covering all of Portugal, ~€32M network billing (2023, +23%), 70,000+ products, 1,100+ brands online, ~$10.6M e-commerce sales. |
| Date of Breach | 2026-09-07 |
| Discovery Date | 2026-09-07 |
| Region | PT |
| Target Domain | chip7.pt |
| Business Sector | Technology |
| Severity | MEDIUM |
Claim by thegentlemen
chip7.pt zoominfo.com/c/chip7/507351948 We have downloaded your company's data: Confidential personal data and customer information, Financial Documents and Accounting, Business correspondence and legal documents, your databases, e-mails, IT infrastructure information, Accesses and credentials, Technical documentation and other data about you company. Chip7 is Portugal's largest IT & gaming retail franchise network — born in 1994 as a tiny Porto PC-assembler, crashed with its holding's 2010 bankruptcy, had its brand seized and sold by state bank CGD, then reborn as a franchise federation run by master franchisor Strongpage (just ~9 employees owning only the brand, website and buying power). Today: 90+ independent franchised stores covering all of Portugal, ~€32M network billing (2023, +23%), 70,000+ products, 1,100+ brands online, ~$10.6M e-commerce sales.
Posted by the thegentlemen threat actor on its public leak site. This is the group's own statement and has not been independently verified by HackerFeeds.
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