Ransomware Group thegentlemen Hits: BigID
Summary
In the latest cybersecurity news, BigID — an organization based in US — has fallen victim to a ransomware attack conducted by the group thegentlemen. This data breach, discovered on 2026-10-12T04:39:54.997383+00:00, underscores the increasing need for proactive cybersecurity defenses as we continue through 2026.
Incident Report
| Attribute | Information |
|---|---|
| Target Organization | BigID |
| Threat Group | thegentlemen |
| Summary | bigid.com Revenue $100 Million BigID is the enterprise data security platform that finds and classifies sensitive data across cloud apps, databases and files, showing where private data lives and who can access it. It now focuses on AI, spotting shadow AI tools and checking what data Copilots and agents reach, and in September 2026 launched AgentIQ letting AI assistants trigger data cleanup and access reviews from Claude, Copilot or ChatGPT. It serves hundreds of enterprise clients like Telenor and Fiserv, one of which deleted 27,000 sensitive records from 2.5 petabytes of storage. Money comes from enterprise subscriptions priced per data source, with $175K as one AWS Marketplace benchmark. Around 600 employees work there after cutting 150 roles in May 2026 to go AI-first. It raised $320M at a $1B+ valuation and owns no factories or stores. |
| Date of Breach | 2026-10-10T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Discovery Date | 2026-10-12T04:39:54.997383+00:00 |
| Region | US |
| Target Domain | bigid.com |
| Business Sector | Technology |
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