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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (AIR1764676805)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-16
Company Score Before Incident770 / 1000
Company Score After Incident754 / 1000
Company LinkView Airports Authority of India Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERAIR1764676805
Type of Cyber IncidentCyber Attack
ATTACK VECTORGNSS signal manipulation (spoofing)
DATA EXPOSEDNA
INCIDENT DATE31/10/2025
STATUSOngoing (cybersecurity measures being implemented)

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Airports Authority of India's Cyber Attack 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 Airports Authority of India 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 Airports Authority of India breach identified under incident ID AIR1764676805.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Airports Authority of India's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/airportsauthorityofindia, the number of followers: 117375, the industry type: Airlines and Aviation and the number of employees: 7491 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 770 and after the incident was 754 with a difference of -16 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 Airports Authority of India and their customers.

Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), Delhi recently reported "GNSS Spoofing Incidents at Multiple Indian Airports", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) spoofing attacks were detected at several Indian airports, including Delhi, Kolkata, Amritsar, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting GNSS navigation systems and air traffic control (ATC) systems (Delhi IGIA).

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Use of conventional navigational aids to mitigate spoofing impact, and began remediation that includes Implementation of advanced cybersecurity measures for IT networks and infrastructure, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public disclosure by Union Minister (Parliament statement).

The case underscores how Ongoing (cybersecurity measures being implemented), teams are taking away lessons such as GNSS spoofing poses significant risks to aviation safety, but conventional navigational aids can serve as critical backups. Proactive cybersecurity measures are essential to protect against emerging threats in air traffic management systems, and recommending next steps like Enhance GNSS spoofing detection and mitigation capabilities, Strengthen redundancy in navigation systems (e.g., inertial navigation, ground-based aids) and Implement real-time monitoring for anomalous GPS signals.

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 Compromise Infrastructure: Supply Chain Compromise (Hardware/Software) (T1584.006) with moderate to high confidence (75%), with evidence including gNSS spoofing attacks... false GPS signals tricking navigation systems, and dependence on GPS/GNSS signals for navigation; lack of spoofing-resistant safeguards. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Endpoint Denial of Service: Application or System Exploitation (Spoofing) (T1499.004) with high confidence (95%), with evidence including gNSS spoofing... providing misleading data about aircraft position, speed, or time, and potential navigation errors (mitigated by conventional aids) and Network Denial of Service: Direct Network Flood (Signal Manipulation) (T1498.002) with moderate to high confidence (85%), with evidence including technical snag in the air traffic control system, and over 400 flights at Delhi’s IGIA were delayed. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or Location (T1036.005) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including spoofing provides fake but believable data, and trick navigation systems by giving false information about a plane’s position. Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Remote Service Session Hijacking: RDP Hijacking (Signal Hijacking) (T1563.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including gNSS spoofing attacks were detected at *seven* Indian airports, and similar interference reports had come from Kolkata, Amritsar, Mumbai.... 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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