Disclosure context

About Lynx

Lynx is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in July 2024, operating with apparent financial motivations and demonstrating rapid scaling capabilities with 397 documented victims within their first few months of operation. The group's origin and specific affiliations remain unclear due to their recent emergence, though their targeting patterns suggest a sophisticated operation that may operate independently rather than as a traditional Ransomware-as-a-Service model. Based on their victim distribution, Lynx appears to employ broad-spectrum targeting methodologies focusing heavily on English-speaking countries, with the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and Australia representing their primary geographic targets, while concentrating their attacks on manufacturing, business services, technology, and transportation/logistics sectors, though specific technical details regarding their initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration practices have not yet been extensively documented by major security research organizations. Due to the group's recent emergence, there are no widely reported major campaigns or high-profile incidents that have gained significant public attention from law enforcement agencies or established threat intelligence firms. As of late 2024, Lynx appears to remain active with no reported law enforcement disruptions or operational changes. The group has been linked to 410 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on July 29, 2024; most recent post May 10, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

February 20, 2026Stera Chemicals listed by Lynxon the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Manufacturing sector, which has 2,458 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, Stera Chemicals is reported in Romania, a country with 8 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.

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Stera Chemicals

Claimed by Lynx · listed 3 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Feb 20, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Lynx
Status: Data leaked
Country: Romania
Sector: Manufacturing
Listed on leak site: Feb 20, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

Stera Chemicals is a leading distributor of raw chemical materials in Romania, serving industries including cosmetics, detergents, paints, food, plastics, rubber, and construction. The company is a member of the European Chemical Distribution Industry and offers services such as product division, filling, consultation, and product development. It focuses on optimizing production processes for clients and can adapt and deliver chemicals in various quantities.

Industry: Chemical Distribution & Raw Materials
Founded: 2009

Attack summary

Severity: high — Data has been published by the threat actor, confirming exfiltration and disclosure of business data from a chemical distributor; while no specific data volume or regulated PII is confirmed, the published status indicates significant data exposure beyond a mere listing.

The Lynx ransomware group claims to have attacked Stera Chemicals and has disclosed data (status: data_published), though no specific ransom amount or data size has been stated in the post.

high

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Business operational data
Client/customer records
Product and chemical inventory data
Internal company documents

What the group claims

Stera Chemicals is a leading distributor of raw chemical materials in Romania, serving various industries including cosmetics, detergents, paints, food, plastics, rubber, and construction. Established in 2009, the company is a member of the European Chemical Distribution Industry and offers additional services such as product division, filling, consultation, and product development. They focus on optimizing production processes for their clients and can adapt and deliver chemicals in various quantities.

Sources

Source

Indexed 3 months ago

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