TheGentlemen Ransomware Strike on CORALINA, Colombia’s Environmental Authority

Ransomware Attacks
TheGentlemen Ransomware Strike on CORALINA, Colombia’s Environmental Authority

Summary

On April 26, 2026, the ransomware group TheGentlemen claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on
CORALINA (coralina.gov.co), a pivotal Colombian governmental body
responsible for the sustainable development of the San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina archipelago.
The group has threatened to leak sensitive data unless their demands are met.


Incident Report

Field Details
Target CORALINA (Corporación para el Desarrollo Sostenible del Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina)
Domain coralina.gov.co
Country Colombia
Attacking Group TheGentlemen
Date Reported April 26, 2026
Threat Actor Statement “coralina.gov.co, zoominfo.com/c/coralina/425697881, CORALINA (Corporación para el Desarrollo Sostenible del Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina) is the official Colombian government environmental authority responsible for managing and protecting the natural resources of the San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina archipelago in the Caribbean. It was created under Article 37 of Law 99 of December 22, 1993 and operates as a public entity with administrative and financial autonomy, its own assets, and legal status”

Recommended Security Actions

Ransomware attacks are increasingly targeting both enterprise and mid-sized organizations across all sectors. The following steps are critical to reduce impact and prevent future incidents:

  • Monitor continuously: Use DeXpose’s dark web and infostealer monitoring platform to detect breached credentials, leaked databases, and threat actor chatter in near real-time—before damage spreads internally.
  • Conduct a compromise assessment: Immediately initiate a full incident review to determine how attackers infiltrated your network, what data may have been exfiltrated, and whether any persistence mechanisms remain active.
  • Validate your backups: Ensure that your backups are current, encrypted, and stored offline. Utilize immutable backup solutions to defend against ransomware encryption and deletion attempts.
  • Apply threat intelligence: Integrate external threat feeds, including DeXpose-provided indicators of compromise (IOCs), into your SIEM or XDR platforms for real-time alerting and correlation.
  • Harden employee defenses: Run phishing simulations and enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all access points. Attackers often exploit weak or reused credentials sourced from the dark web.
  • Engage professional response teams: Involve cybersecurity incident response experts, threat analysts, and legal counsel before initiating any dialogue with ransomware groups or ransom brokers.

How DeXpose Helps You Stay Ahead

At DeXpose, we specialize in early detection and proactive defense. Our hybrid threat intelligence solution combines automated deep/dark web crawling, Telegram and forum monitoring, and real analyst verification to deliver:

  • Continuous scanning of ransomware group leak sites, stolen credential markets, and malware log dumps
  • Timely alerts for breaches linked to your domains, email addresses, and key personnel
  • Intelligence correlation that connects leaked credentials to infostealer malware infections, often weeks before a public ransom demand
  • Real-time visibility into supply chain and third-party exposures through passive surveillance of dark web channels

Don’t wait for public disclosure or ransom notices—gain visibility into your cyber exposure now.


Disclaimer

DeXpose does not engage in the exfiltration, hosting, redistribution, or purchase of stolen data. All breach information reported here is collected from publicly accessible dark web sources and threat intelligence platforms.
Our mission is to equip organizations with early-warning indicators, contextual threat insights, and actionable intelligence that help them secure their digital assets against evolving cyber threats.

Free Dark Web Report

Keep reading

Threat Actor Profile

Threat Actor Profile: APT27

Who is APT27? APT27 — also known as Emissary Panda, Iron Tiger, and LuckyMouse — is a Chinese state-sponsored cyber-espionage…