Startek Engineering Inc.

Startek Engineering Inc. was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to obscura in December 2025. The organization, operating in the Technology sector in TW, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

obscura operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.

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.