Charles Keith
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Full breach record for Charles Keith →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.
Source: Ransomware.live
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charleskeith.com zoominfo.com/c/charles--keith-pte-ltd/347827969 CHARLES & KEITH Singapore-based fashion brand founded in 1996 by brothers Charles and Keith Wong, selling women's shoes, bags, wallets and accessories. Its model is vertical integration: own designs, direct Asian factories and a fast-fashion pace of 20–30 new styles a week, delivering a "luxury look at an affordable price" (shoes ~$40–220, bags ~$30–190). Today it runs about 700 stores across 30+ countries with revenue of roughly US$1 billion. Marketing is driven by K-pop ambassadors (ITZY, Han So Hee, Kim You Jung) and Met Gala appearances, plus lines like L'INITIAL and PEDRO. Fully family-owned (it bought back LVMH's 20% stake in 2016), it is one of Asia's biggest fashion exporters. Main weak spots: paid/slow online returns and average durability of PU-leather products.
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Sep 24, 2026
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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.