General Gruppo
thegentlemenThis record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the thegentlemen group against General Gruppo. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.
Window Zero
EXPOSURE GAPWindow Zero is the time the breach stayed in the open before anyone said so — the gap between when the attack was first discovered on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2). The wider this window, the longer victims, staff and customers were exposed with no warning.
Attack Summary
generalgruppo.it rocketreach.co/general-gruppo-profile_b68428f5c6158b62 General Gruppo / General s.r.l. is a family-owned Italian retail chain founded in 1975 by Pietro Paolo Tognetti and Silvana Bonugli, headquartered in Querceta (Seravezza, Lucca, Tuscany). Historically known as IperSoap — one of Italy's first home-care and personal-hygiene retail formats — it reached ~250 stores in 2019 and €150 million in revenue (2018). In 2020 it began rebranding into the unified PiùMe banner (merging IperSoap, Smoll and Shuki), and it also owns the historic Bacci Profumerie perfumeries (Forte dei Marmi) and the piume.it online shop. The founders' sons run the business — Saverio (CEO) and Francesco; the group includes General s.r.l. and General Nord s.r.l.
Leak Screenshots
SAMPLEProof-of-breach screenshots the operator posted from the stolen data. Previews are redacted and locked — the originals are available on HaveIBeenRansom.