Misr Chemical Industries
About the organisation
mci.com.eg Misr Chemical Industries Co. (MCI), founded in 1959 and headquartered in Alexandria, Egypt, is a publicly listed chemical manufacturer on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX). As the oldest Egyptian producer of liquid caustic soda, chlorine gas, and derivatives, the company specializes in manufacturing chemicals including hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide solutions, and compressed hydrogen for domestic and regional markets. MCI serves industrial clients across Egypt and the Middle East, focusing on meeting local demand while exporting surplus production to support regional chemical supply chains.
What the listing means
Misr Chemical Industries appeared on the thegentlemen leak site on 09 May 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 134 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing Misr Chemical Industries as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on mci.com.eg, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Manufacturing organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
- Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
- A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.
Leak-site evidence
Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/TWlzciBDaGVtaWNhbCBJbmR1c3RyaWVzQHRoZWdlbnRsZW1lbg==