Rotamac Inc. (rotamac.ca) in Canada was reportedly targeted by ransomware by threat actor thegentlemen, impacting operations tied to its industrial equipment distribution and e-commerce services. The incident affected the victim in #Canada
Incident Details
- Victim: Rotamac
- Sector: Manufacturing
- Country: CA
- Actor: thegentlemen
- Source:
- Discovered: 2026-10-03T06:26:12.222236+00:00
- Published: 2026-10-02T07:44:38+00:00
Information
- Founded in November 2019 and based in Rosemère/Montreal, Quebec, with a small team of 1–10 employees.
- Built around owner-founder Joey Desrosiers, who has over 20 years of experience in compressed air and rotating equipment.
- Acts as a privately held industrial equipment distributor and sales representative focused on lowering Total Cost of Ownership.
- Distributes pumps, air and gas compressors, vacuum pumps, and nitrogen/oxygen generators.
- Operates an e-commerce arm, canadacompressorparts.com, offering about 43,675 SKUs of non-OEM compressor parts.
- Supports compatible parts for brands such as Atlas Copco, Ingersoll Rand, and CompAir, with shipping across Canada.
Disclaimer: This post is based on public claims made by the ransomware group "thegentlemen". I cannot confirm the accuracy of the information. However, I would be happy to share any official statement from the affected organization to provide clarification.