Telecom Egypt Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (TEL1769571408)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Telecom Egypt breach identified under incident ID TEL1769571408.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Telecom Egypt's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/telecom-egypt, the number of followers: 628952, the industry type: Telecommunications and the number of employees: 18312 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 792 and after the incident was 653 with a difference of -139 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 Telecom Egypt and their customers.

On 20 July 2024, Telecom Argentina disclosed Ransomware issues under the banner "Argentina’s Largest Telecom Hit by $7.5M Monero Ransomware Attack".

Argentina’s leading telecommunications provider, Telecom, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack demanding $7.5 million in Monero (XMR).

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Windows-based systems, and exposing Sensitive data encrypted, plus an estimated financial loss of $7.5M (demanded ransom).

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through No public confirmation of the breach.

The case underscores how Ongoing.

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 lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating attack threatening the organizations existence and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating windows-based systems encrypted; likely required access. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack demanding $7.5M in Monero. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Execution Guardrails (T1480) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating windows-based systems targeted; likely evasion tactics and Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating rEvil ransomware collective suspected; known for obfuscation. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive data on the company’s Windows-based systems encrypted and Inhibit System Recovery (T1490) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack; likely disrupted recovery mechanisms. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating rEvil suspected; known for data exfiltration before encryption. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.