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Ransomware group thegentlemen hits General Gruppo
General Gruppo — a manufacturing target operating in IT has been listed by the thegentlemen ransomware group on 2026-08-28. 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 | General Gruppo |
|---|---|
| Threat Group | thegentlemen |
| Summary | generalgruppo.it rocketreach.co/general-gruppo-profile_b68428f5c6158b62 General Gruppo / General s.r.l. is a family-owned Italian retail chain founded in 1975 by Pietro Paolo Tognetti and Silvana Bonugli, headquartered in Querceta (Seravezza, Lucca, Tuscany). Historically known as IperSoap — one of Italy's first home-care and personal-hygiene retail formats — it reached ~250 stores in 2019 and €150 million in revenue (2018). In 2020 it began rebranding into the unified PiùMe banner (merging IperSoap, Smoll and Shuki), and it also owns the historic Bacci Profumerie perfumeries (Forte dei Marmi) and the piume.it online shop. The founders' sons run the business — Saverio (CEO) and Francesco; the group includes General s.r.l. and General Nord s.r.l. |
| Date of Breach | 2026-08-28 |
| Discovery Date | 2026-08-30 |
| Region | IT |
| Target Domain | generalgruppo.it |
| Business Sector | Manufacturing |
| Severity | MEDIUM |
Claim by thegentlemen
generalgruppo.it rocketreach.co/general-gruppo-profile_b68428f5c6158b62 General Gruppo / General s.r.l. is a family-owned Italian retail chain founded in 1975 by Pietro Paolo Tognetti and Silvana Bonugli, headquartered in Querceta (Seravezza, Lucca, Tuscany). Historically known as IperSoap — one of Italy's first home-care and personal-hygiene retail formats — it reached ~250 stores in 2019 and €150 million in revenue (2018). In 2020 it began rebranding into the unified PiùMe banner (merging IperSoap, Smoll and Shuki), and it also owns the historic Bacci Profumerie perfumeries (Forte dei Marmi) and the piume.it online shop. The founders' sons run the business — Saverio (CEO) and Francesco; the group includes General s.r.l. and General Nord s.r.l.
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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