Ecuadors National Police
thegentlemen listed this organization on its leak site on Oct 16, 2026.
- Listing date
- Oct 16, 2026
- Attack date
- Oct 14, 2026
Listing text
policia.gob.ec Ecuador's National Police country's main law enforcement agency — 180 years old (institutionalized 1846, professionalized 1938), under the Ministry of Interior, commanded by GraS. Pablo Vinicio Dávila Maldonado (since July 2025). Scale: 58,000+ officers, 14 police schools, 317 per 100K population. 2025 was its most active year ever: 712,642 operations, 71,399 arrests, 227 tons of drugs seized, $9.6B in damage to criminal organizations, 21 high-value targets neutralized — but also Ecuador's deadliest year (8,847 homicides). 2026 shows improvement: −27.7% homicides, −43–56% robberies; new Dinae anti-kidnapping unit achieves 90%+ effectiveness. Budget: ~$1–1.2B/yr from state funds.
About the group
thegentlemen posted its first listing on Sep 9, 2025 and has listed 1,253 organizations to date.
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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