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Comtek Advanced Structures

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Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

Oct 10, 2023

To disclose

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Comtek Advanced Structures

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group 8base 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: ManufacturingDiscovered: 2023-10-12

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

Comtek designs, manufactures and repairs composite components for business jet and regional aircraft. We supply aircraft OEMs with composite panels and aero-engine OEMs with composite components. Regional aircraft fleets are supported with rapid repair services for structural components. Comtek is a leading global supplier of composite components and repair services to business jet and regional aircraft markets. We design, manufacture and repair structural components that are used on thousands of aircraft every day, across the globe. Comtek provides aircraft manufacturers with innovative supply chain solutions with expertise managing large volumes and high part variability. We currently manufacture floor panels, avionic racks and engine components for service into business jet and regional aircraft markets. Capitalizing on years of experience, a full engineering team and a state-of-the-art facility, Comtek is capable of fabricating virtually any composite or composite/metallic structure. comtekadvanced.com

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Oct 10, 2023

Claim posted

No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

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

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About this groupFirst seen 2022-04-03

8base

According to ransomware.live, The 8base Ransomware group made its first appearance in early March 2022, remaining somewhat quiet after the attacks. This group operates like other ransomware actors, engaging in double extortion. However, in mid-May and June 2023, the ransomware operation saw a spike in activity against organizations from various sectors, listing 131 organizations in just 3 months. The 8base data leak site was created and made available in March 2023, claiming honesty and simplicity in its discourse. VMware published a report on 8base, drawing some similarities with the ransomware group `RansomHouse`, pointing out resemblances such as the website used by 8base and the ransom notes presented in its attacks. Interestingly, the 8base Ransomware group does not have its own ransomware developed by the group. Instead, the actors took advantage of other leaked ransomware builders to customize the ransom note and present it to the victim organization as 8base's operation. Source : https://github.com/crocodyli/ThreatActors-TTPs

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