WABAG
thegentlemen listed this organization on its leak site on Oct 31, 2026.
- Listing date
- Oct 31, 2026
- Attack date
- Oct 26, 2026
Listing text
wabag.in VA Tech WABAG is the world's leading pure-play water technology company, founded in 1924 and headquartered in Chennai, India, operating in over 25 countries with 2000 engineers and over 1500 plants delivered. Listed on NSE and BSE, it posted record FY2026 revenue of 3944 crore rupees with PAT of 371 crore and has been net cash positive for 6 straight years with a credit rating of AA minus stable. Its order book surged to an all time high of 19400 crore rupees in Q1 FY2027, over 4 times annual revenue, backed by World Bank, ADB and JICA funded projects across India, the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia. Key projects include Southeast Asia's largest 400 MLD desalination plant in Chennai and a 300 MLD mega desalination order in Saudi Arabia. The company holds 125 plus proprietary patents and ranks 3rd globally among private water operators and desalination suppliers per Global Water Intelligence. Led by Chairman Rajiv Mittal.
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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