City of New Castle Listed by thegentlemen Ransomware Group

On February 13, 2026, the City of New Castle in Delaware appeared on the leak site of the ransomware group known as thegentlemen. The listing indicates that internal files were exfiltrated during a ransomware attack on the municipal government’s systems, potentially exposing records that include information about local residents, employees, and city operations.

What's Publicly Reported from Reporting

Public reporting on the incident remains limited. The group posted the City of New Castle to its dark-web leak site, accessible via the onion address hosted on ransomware.live. Available details confirm that internal files were allegedly exfiltrated but do not yet specify the exact volume or types of documents involved. The city’s website, newcastlecity.delaware.gov, and its ZoomInfo business profile have been referenced in connection with the listing. No confirmed count of affected individuals has been released, and the city has not issued a detailed public statement on the precise data categories at risk.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a local government is hit, the information involved often includes addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license details, tax records, or permit applications submitted by ordinary residents. If your family lives in or does business with New Castle, some of your personal data may now sit on a criminal leak site. Once that material is public, it can be combined with other records to build a complete profile that criminals use for identity theft, targeted scams, or harassment. Even if you never received a notification letter, the absence of one does not guarantee your information stayed private.

The Doxxing and Identity-Chain Implications

Ransomware leaks rarely stop at one dataset. A single exposed city record can link your home address to an email address, phone number, or username. Attackers then search for the same details on social media, gaming platforms, and data-broker sites. This creates an identity chain that stretches from municipal files to your children’s online gaming accounts. Credential leaks of this kind frequently cascade into account takeovers, where criminals reset passwords, lock you out, and demand payment. The chain can also lead to doxxing, in which your full name, current address, and family members’ names are published together for harassment or further extortion.

The Group’s Publicly Known Track Record

Public reporting attributes thegentlemen with emerging in late 2024. The group has listed municipalities, healthcare providers, and small-to-medium businesses in subsequent months. Its typical playbook begins with initial access through phishing or exploited remote desktop protocols, followed by exfiltration of sensitive files before encryption. The extortion style combines data leaks with threats to publish or sell the stolen information if ransom demands are not met. Exact success rates and prior victim counts remain difficult to verify, but the group maintains an active leak site and continues to add new organizations on a regular basis.

What to do

• Run a DoxxScan to map every link between your emails, phone numbers, addresses, and online handles that may have been exposed in the New Castle files.
• Rotate any password you used on city portals or anywhere else it has been reused, then enable two-factor authentication through an authenticator app rather than SMS.
• Enable continuous DoxxScan monitoring across 13.1B+ breach records and 100+ platforms so the next leak that touches your family is caught in hours, not months.
• Cover the household with DoxxScan family coverage that extends to dependents and children’s gaming accounts, which often chain back to the same address or parent email.
• Let remediation specialists handle takedown requests across data brokers and suspicious sites that surface after the leak.

The New Castle breach is a reminder that municipal systems hold information that directly affects everyday families. Acting quickly on exposed credentials and scattered personal records can limit the damage before criminals stitch the pieces together. DoxxScan by GalaxyWarden provides continuous monitoring across 13.1 billion+ breach records and more than 100 platforms, AI-powered identity-chain mapping, hands-on remediation by specialists, and full household coverage that includes children’s gaming accounts. Starting protective steps now reduces the window criminals have to exploit this incident.