Edward J Kone
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Full breach record for Edward J Kone →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
Edward J. Kone, P.A. is a law firm focused on providing legal services in criminal defense, traffic violations, and personal injury cases. The firm, led by experienced trial attorneys Edward J. Kone and Gregg D. Kone, aims to offer high-quality representation at reasonable fees while prioritizing the needs of their clients. They serve clients throughout South Florida, particularly in Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward Counties, and are dedicated to winning cases, often offering free consultations. Their practice areas include handling various misdemeanors and felonies, traffic infractions, DUI cases, and personal injury lawsuits
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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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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.