Kaplan Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (KAP1774290797)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Kaplan breach identified under incident ID KAP1774290797.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Kaplan's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kaplan, the number of followers: 436701, the industry type: Education Administration Programs and the number of employees: 11288 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 657 and after the incident was 591 with a difference of -66 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 Kaplan and their customers.

On 23 March 2026, Kaplan North America, LLC disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Kaplan North America Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Personal Information of Thousands".

Murphy Law Firm announced an investigation into a data breach at Kaplan North America, LLC, after the company detected suspicious activity on its network.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Sensitive personal information (names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers), with nearly Thousands records at risk.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Notified impacted individuals.

The case underscores how Ongoing (Murphy Law Firm investigation), with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Notified impacted individuals.

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating infiltrated Kaplan’s inadequately secured systems and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating detected suspicious activity on its network. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating inadequately secured systems. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating files containing sensitive personal data belonging to thousands. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data breach exposing sensitive personal information of thousands and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating compromised data may now be circulating on the dark web. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive personal data belonging to thousands of individuals and Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating putting affected individuals at risk of identity theft and fraud. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.