Butcher & Barlow Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (BUT1773340817)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Butcher & Barlow breach identified under incident ID BUT1773340817.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Butcher & Barlow's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/butcher-&-barlow-solicitors-and-notaries, the number of followers: 2703, the industry type: Legal Services and the number of employees: 158 employees

After the initial compromise, the video explains how Rankiteo's incident engine converts technical details into a normalized incident score. The incident score before the incident was 752 and after the incident was 690 with a difference of -62 which is could be a good indicator of the severity and impact of the incident.

In the next step of the video, we will analyze in more details the incident and the impact it had on Butcher & Barlow and their customers.

On 16 March 2024, Adam Barlow’s Law Firm disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Coronation Street’s Adam Barlow Hit by Malicious Data Breach in Revenge Plot".

A fictional cybersecurity incident unfolds in *Coronation Street* as Adam Barlow’s law firm suffers a devastating data breach orchestrated by a vengeful former colleague, Rich Pemberton.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Confidential emails, sensitive details about ongoing court cases.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Apologies issued to affected parties.

Overall, the incident is a reminder of why proactive monitoring and strong governance matter.

Finally, we try to match the incident with the MITRE ATT&CK framework to see if there is any correlation between the incident and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

The MITRE ATT&CK framework is a knowledge base of techniques and sub-techniques that are used to describe the tactics and procedures of cyber adversaries. It is a powerful tool for understanding the threat landscape and for developing effective defense strategies.

Rankiteo's analysis has identified several MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques associated with this incident, each with varying levels of confidence based on available evidence. Under the Initial Access tactic, the analysis identified Modify Authentication Process (T1556) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating former colleague...exposes confidential emails and Valid Accounts (T1078) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating rich Pemberton (former colleague), revenge motive. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating confidential emails including sensitive details and Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating law firm’s emails compromised by insider. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Email Collection (T1114) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating confidential emails...exposed, private communications about court cases and Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive details about ongoing court cases compromised. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating rich leaks the emails, data breach impacting clients and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating emails leaked, sparking outrage among residents. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating firm’s reputation is severely damaged and Defacement (T1491) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating jeopardizing Adam and Alya’s credibility. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Hide Artifacts (T1564) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating former colleague...orchestrated breach. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.