Cardinal Machinery
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Full breach record for Cardinal Machinery →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
(Full data) Cardinal Machinery is a family-owned business with over 50 years of experience in the Machine Tool Industry, serving clients across Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, and Florida. They provide a range of products including metal cutting tools, EDM, grinding equipment, and various parts and accessories. The company emphasizes customer support with services such as preventative maintenance and quick diagnostics by experienced technicians. With a strong commitment to superior service, Cardinal Machinery aims to enhance clients' production and uptime capabilities through advanced technology solutions.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Sep 26, 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.
Source ceiling
- actor name
- victim claim
- ransom/leak status
- 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.