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Sterling

bd_3282450fd34870ae · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Dec 19, 2022

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Sterling →2 incidents on file

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Black Basta 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.

Group activity: Business ServicesDiscovered: 2022-12-19
View aggregator listing on ransomware.live

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Sterling helps create people-first cultures built on a foundation of trust and safety.We understand that every employee and new hire contributes to the unique culture of your organization. That’s why our global background checks and identity services are differentiated by unrivaled client service and deep market expertise to help you make confident hiring decisions that strengthen your organization and culture.We believe that every hire is important, and we are committed to helping our clients hire with confidence, speed, and trust.SITE: https://www.sterlingcheck.com

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Dec 19, 2022

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Unverified claimView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

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.