Ransomware Group: PLAY

VICTIM NAME: Edward J McKarski

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AI Generated Summary of the Ransomware Leak Page

On August 30, 2025, a ransomware leak page publicly identified Edward J McKarski as a victim. The page’s metadata places him within the Law Firms & Legal Service sector. The post describes a data-leak event in which sensitive information tied to the victim and their clients has been exposed and exfiltrated. The described data includes private and personal confidential records, client documents, budgets, payroll, accounting records, taxes, identification information, and financial data. A claim URL is indicated on the page, though the available data does not disclose any ransom amount. The leak page’s body excerpt references the victim’s name and a defanged site link to the victim’s site: www[.]mckarski-law[[.]]com[.]

There is no indication of screenshots or other images on the page, and no downloadable items are listed. The reported data footprint size is not disclosed (the dataset shows an unknown size). The post date remains August 30, 2025, with the page having been added to the leak site on August 26, 2025, and the page showing 79 views. Overall, the page presents a data-leak scenario affecting a named individual in the legal services sector, with a claim URL but without an explicit ransom figure in the provided data.