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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ADA1764706871)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-74
Company Score Before Incident763 / 1000
Company Score After Incident689 / 1000
Company LinkView County of Adams Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERADA1764706871
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORUnauthorized Access
DATA EXPOSEDVoter data, including non-public voter...
INCIDENT DATE02/11/2020
STATUSOngoing (Trial pending)

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of County of Adams's Breach and lateral movement inside company's environment.
  • Overview of affected data sets, including SSNs and PHI, and why they materially increase incident severity.
  • How Rankiteo’s incident engine converts technical details into a normalized incident score.
  • How this cyber incident impacts County of Adams Rankiteo cyber scoring and cyber rating.
  • Rankiteo’s MITRE ATT&CK correlation analysis for this incident, with associated confidence level.

Full Incident Analysis Transcript

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the County of Adams breach identified under incident ID ADA1764706871.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of County of Adams's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adamscounty, the number of followers: 267, the industry type: Government Administration and the number of employees: 122 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 763 and after the incident was 689 with a difference of -74 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 County of Adams and their customers.

Adams Township recently reported "Adams Township Voter Data Breach Allegation", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott and her private attorney Stefanie Lambert Junttila allegedly allowed unauthorized access to voter data, including non-public voter information, during the 2020 presidential election.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Voting tabulator and Electronic Poll Book, and exposing Voter data, including non-public voter information.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Press release by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

The case underscores how Ongoing (Trial pending), with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Michigan Attorney General's Office pursuing case to defend voter rights and protect election data.

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.

MITRE ATT&CK® Correlation Analysis

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 Valid Accounts (T1078) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating former Adams Township Clerk allowed unauthorized access to voter data. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating improper Access Control exploited for unauthorized access to voter data. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating illicitly transmitted data from the Adams Township Electronic Poll Book. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating refused to turn over a voting tabulator for maintenance and testing. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating potential reputational damage to election integrity and Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no evidence of encryption, but data was illicitly accessed. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

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