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The Gentlemen, Deadlock, and Clop: The Groups Driving Ransomware & Extortion in 2026
An affiliate receives a ready-made intrusion kit — pre-compromised targets, an EDR killer, and a full deployment workflow included. No building from scratch. No long ramp-up. Just deploy, observe, and iterate. That's the future of ransomware; it's how the new number-one group operated in Q2 2026. And it's just one of three stories reshaping the extortion landscape right now.
Join hosts Brandon Tirado and John Dilgen as they break down:
How The Gentlemen's pre-packaged affiliate kit drove 580% leak-site growth
Why Deadlock's Polygon blockchain C2 defeats network defenses
Clop's latest campaign…
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