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The Gentlemen ransomware now uses SystemBC for bot-powered attacks

BleepingComputer, April 20, 2026. SystemBC's continued operation well after Operation Endgame: Check Point Research counts a botnet of over 1,570 victims skewed to corporate environments, and the article recalls Black Lotus Labs' finding of roughly 1,500 commercial VPS infections a day..

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News report
Published
April 20, 2026
Research grade
S2
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Publisher
BleepingComputer
Published
April 20, 2026
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S2
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
Address
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-gentlemen-ransomware-now-uses-systembc-for-bot-powered-attacks/
What it supports
SystemBC's continued operation well after Operation Endgame: Check Point Research counts a botnet of over 1,570 victims skewed to corporate environments, and the article recalls Black Lotus Labs' finding of roughly 1,500 commercial VPS infections a day.
Dataset id
src_bleepingcomputer_gentlemen_systembc_2026

Research notes

  • By Bill Toulas. JSON-LD datePublished 2026-04-20T16:02:37-04:00; page date line 'April 20, 2026'.
  • The 1,500-bots-a-day figure here is a back-reference to Lumen Black Lotus Labs' September 2025 research, already held as src_bleepingcomputer_systembc_proxy_highway; the new number in this article is Check Point's 1,570+ victims.
  • Do not conflate the two counts - they are different measurements by different vendors a year apart.

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