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Polishing Proz

bd_3fb6d58d64e315f7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v2

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Oct 6, 2026

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Polishing Proz →

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Thegentlemen on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: OtherDiscovered: 2026-10-09

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

polishingproz.com zoominfo.com/c/polishing-proz-inc/409891680 Polishing Proz LLC is a small, family-owned marble and natural stone care company based in Centennial, Colorado (Denver metro), founded around 2008–2012 with 13+ years of experience. It generates estimated revenue of $200K–$500K/year with just ~3–6 employees, led by owner-founder James Medina. Core services include marble crystallization, polishing, grinding, sealing, grout cleaning, and full restoration of marble, granite, travertine, limestone, and polished concrete — for both residential and commercial clients. The company serves the greater Denver area with free estimates and a hands-on, owner-operated approach. It specializes in high-end restoration work such as marble fireplaces, countertops, staircases, and commercial floors. With minimal online presence and zero external funding, Polishing Proz competes against larger stone care franchises (ServPro, Stanley Steemer, local stone specialists) through reputation

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Oct 6, 2026

Claim posted

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.

Source ceiling

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The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2023-02-28

thegentlemen

According to ransomware.live, The Gentlemen is a RaaS group that emerged in July–August 2025, rapidly claiming over 320 victims across 17+ countries by offering affiliates a 90% revenue share, deploying a Go-based locker against Windows, Linux, NAS, and BSD systems; a compromised C2 server in 2026 revealed more than 1,570 linked victims.

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