McKee-Pownall Equine Services
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Full breach record for McKee-Pownall Equine Services →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
McKee-Pownall Equine Services specializes in equine veterinary care, focusing on lameness, sport horse medicine, pre-purchase exams, dentistry, and overall wellness. They provide both in-clinic and on-farm diagnostic services utilizing advanced technology. The company operates multiple locations, including Campbellville, Caledon, and Uxbridge, and employs a team of 17 veterinarians and over 35 support staff. Their Equine Performance Centre is dedicated to assessing and treating performance issues in horses, addressing root causes beyond just lameness.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Dec 16, 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
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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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- actor name
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- discovery date
- materiality
- notification
- affected count
- confirmed data types
- compliance clock
The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.
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.