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- Source-provided label
- Not reported
- Evidence class
- mentioned in report
- Confidence
- Not reported
- Observed
- Sep 17, 2026 10:00 UTC
- Retrieved
- Oct 08, 2026 03:42 UTC
Ransomware incidents in Japan rose 4.7% year over year. The Gentlemen was the most active group, with leak-site listings more than doubling from January to July. Qilin ranked second and appeared to use AI, while SMEs with capital under JPY 1 billion represented 80% of victims.
Ransomware incidents in Japan in the first half of 2026: Investigation of The Gentlemen’s infrastructure and evidence of Qilin's AI use728eed2ebf51af7d7a81a60a04cd458f44fb5195a0d95a37afcb6f0f613a87c8Network indicators are visibly defanged. This page does not make them clickable or send them to another service.
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