Startek
bd_9e992466a063b70f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1
Full breach record for Startek →2 incidents on fileThreat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing
This row is a claim by the ransomware group Obscura 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
STARTEK is a worldwide leading company in the fingerprint identification industry, dedicated to developing and providing consumer-ready fingerprint identification products, biometric fingerprint sensors and modules. Established in 1989 at Hsinchu Science Industrial Park, Taiwan, the company has a long history and rich experience in the Biometric fingerprinting field, and continues to be a strong player in the evolution of fingerprint technology development and applications. Startek’s patented proprietary fingerprint algorithm technology follows the ISO/IEC 19794-2 standard and provides maximum accuracy, performance, and reliability.
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Incident timeline — mostly unverified
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Breach window unknown
Dec 3, 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.
obscura
According to ransomware.live, Obscura is a ransomware strain observed in 2025, written in Go and specifically targeting Windows domain controllers via the SYSVOL/NETLOGON share, using Curve25519 + XChaCha20 encryption with double-extortion tactics and a 10-day payment deadline.