Downes
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Full breach record for Downes →Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group DragonForce on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.
Source: Ransomware.live
Post text · scraped from the leak site
Proudly managing FMCG brands for over 35 years. With over 94% coverage of the major grocery retailers, Downes services Woolworths, Coles, Independent Supermarkets (including IGA & Foodworks), Bunnings, Big W and Priceline. We have the ability to manage products from development stage, all the way through the submission phase right up to ranging on shelves. With extensive experience in FMCG sales, merchandising and planogram implementation across all retailers Downes is a valuable resource that can be utilised for your brand in the Australian marketplace. In addition to all the major retailers that Downes services, we also have the ability to buy/sell products into each state and territory with our direct to store model for independent retailers. Where supply via the Metcash DC is not an option Downes can give brands a much greater reach with our team of full time sales reps servicing this channel on a regular call cycle. Downes is a business who truly values honesty, integrity and transparency. We are a passionate, loyal business who deliver on our promises.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Oct 10, 2025
Claim posted
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No filing yet · watching
Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.
Claim → filing
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Compliance clock
Not assessable
Evidence ladder
Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.
Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.
Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.
Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.
No regulatory filing corroborates this yet — it is the attacker's own assertion. Watch this entity to be notified the moment a filing corroborates or contradicts it.
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dragonforce
According to ransomware.live, DragonForce is a major ransomware-as-a-service operation first observed in August 2023 that launched a formal affiliate program offering 80% revenue share, then rebranded as a "ransomware cartel" in 2025, gaining notoriety for high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods.