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Ransomware group thegentlemen hits Metro
Metro — a retail & e-commerce target operating in DE 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 | Metro |
|---|---|
| Threat Group | thegentlemen |
| Summary | metro.net zoominfo.com/c/metro/351518795 LA Metro is the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) — the second-busiest transit system in the US, serving 9.6M residents across 1,433 sq miles (nearly a third of California's population), founded in 1993 by merging SCRTD and LACTC. Its network: 125+ miles of rail (2 subway + 4 light-rail lines, 110 stations), 117 bus lines, 2 BRT corridors, 2,000+ low-emission buses and the Metro Micro on-demand service — moving ~925,000 weekday boardings and 305.7M riders in 2025 (9 straight months of growth, +9% YoY, 87% satisfaction). It's run by a 13-member board (5 county supervisors + the LA mayor's bloc, chaired politically by Mayor Karen Bass) and led by CEO Stephanie Wiggins — the first woman and first African American to head the agency — with a $9.7B FY2026-27 budget and a $26B capital program, the largest rail construction program in the US. |
| Date of Breach | 2026-09-07 |
| Discovery Date | 2026-09-07 |
| Region | DE |
| Target Domain | metro.net |
| Business Sector | Retail & E-Commerce |
| Severity | MEDIUM |
Claim by thegentlemen
metro.net zoominfo.com/c/metro/351518795 LA Metro is the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) — the second-busiest transit system in the US, serving 9.6M residents across 1,433 sq miles (nearly a third of California's population), founded in 1993 by merging SCRTD and LACTC. Its network: 125+ miles of rail (2 subway + 4 light-rail lines, 110 stations), 117 bus lines, 2 BRT corridors, 2,000+ low-emission buses and the Metro Micro on-demand service — moving ~925,000 weekday boardings and 305.7M riders in 2025 (9 straight months of growth, +9% YoY, 87% satisfaction). It's run by a 13-member board (5 county supervisors + the LA mayor's bloc, chaired politically by Mayor Karen Bass) and led by CEO Stephanie Wiggins — the first woman and first African American to head the agency — with a $9.7B FY2026-27 budget and a $26B capital program, the largest rail construction program in the US.
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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