high severity May 06, 2026 · 3 min read Unverified claim — what this is

Riggotts Listed by The Gentlemen Ransomware Group

If you are a customer of Riggotts, here’s what is being claimed, and what it would mean for you.

riggott.co.uk Riggotts (Riggott and Company Limited) is one of the UK's leading line marking and surface coating contractors, founded on 2 November 1994 by brothers Nick and Darren Riggott. Headquartered in Tuxford, Newark, Nottinghamshire, the company has grown to operate more than 50 specialist teams working 24/7 across the entire United Kingdom. Estimated annual turnover stands at approximately 8 million
— from The Gentlemen’s own leak-site posting. This is the group’s claim, quoted verbatim; it is not GalaxyWarden’s reporting and has not been independently verified.

Riggotts Listed by The Gentlemen Ransomware Group

On 6 May 2026 the ransomware group known as thegentlemen added Riggotts, a UK line-marking and surface-coating contractor, to its public leak site, claiming that internal files had been exfiltrated from the company.

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What Public Reporting Shows

Public reporting indicates that Riggotts, formally Riggott and Company Limited, was listed on the ransomware.live portal that aggregates data from thegentlemen’s leak site. The company, founded in 1994 and based in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, employs more than 50 specialist teams operating across the United Kingdom with an annual turnover of roughly £8 million. Available reporting describes the incident as a ransomware attack in which internal files were taken; the exact number of people whose information appears in the files remains unknown. Internal files were allegedly exfiltrated, though the specific data types have not been publicly detailed beyond that description.

Why This Matters for You and Your Family

When a company like Riggotts suffers a breach, the information inside its files can include details about customers, suppliers, employees and their families. If your address, phone number, email, or payment records were stored with them, those details may now sit on a criminal leak site. Once published, the data does not disappear. It can be downloaded, reposted and combined with other leaks to build a profile that puts your household at risk of identity theft, phishing or physical intrusion. For ordinary families this means real consequences: unexpected calls from fraudsters, sudden account takeovers, or strangers showing up at your door because your address has been doxxed.

Credential leaks like this one frequently cascade into gaming accounts belonging to you or your children. A single reused password taken from a contractor’s files can hand attackers the keys to Roblox, Fortnite, Steam or Discord profiles that contain your family’s real names, locations and payment methods.

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Attributed to The Gentlemen · 1015 incidents tracked →

Severity High the filing does not enumerate what was exposed

Disclosed May 06, 2026

Last reviewed August 8, 2026

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