Alabama Cardiovascular Group Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ALA1766167382)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Alabama Cardiovascular Group breach identified under incident ID ALA1766167382.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Alabama Cardiovascular Group's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alabama-cardiovascular-group-pc, the number of followers: 2535, the industry type: Hospitals and Health Care and the number of employees: 62 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 760 and after the incident was 645 with a difference of -115 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 Alabama Cardiovascular Group and their customers.

On 02 July 2024, Alabama Cardiology Group P.C. d/b/a Alabama Cardiovascular Group disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Alabama Cardiology Group $2.2M Data Breach Settlement".

Alabama Cardiology Group P.C.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Personally identifiable information and protected health information, plus an estimated financial loss of $2,225,000.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Written notice to affected individuals.

The case underscores how with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Written notice to affected individuals regarding the data breach and settlement details.

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 Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to sensitive personal and health information and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating failure to adequately safeguard patient and employee data. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data breach that exposed sensitive personal and health information and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating potentially compromised data of U.S. residents. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating failure to adequately protect patient and employee data. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating alleged failure to adequately safeguard data. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.