Albany Gastroenterology Consultants Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ALB52101352110725)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Albany Gastroenterology Consultants breach identified under incident ID ALB52101352110725.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Albany Gastroenterology Consultants's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/albanygi, the number of followers: 326, the industry type: Medical Practices and the number of employees: 63 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 695 and after the incident was 603 with a difference of -92 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 Albany Gastroenterology Consultants and their customers.

Albany Gastroenterology Consultants recently reported "Albany Gastroenterology Consultants Data Breach Exposing Sensitive Information of Over 55,000 Patients", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Albany Gastroenterology Consultants, a healthcare provider based in Albany, New York, announced that a data security breach last year exposed the sensitive personal information of over 55,000 individuals.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Sensitive personal information, with nearly 55,000+ records at risk.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public disclosure.

Overall, the incident is a reminder of why proactive monitoring and strong governance matter.

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 healthcare breaches of this scale (implied unauthorized access to systems) and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating vulnerabilities in healthcare cybersecurity (suggests potential web/app exploitation). Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating exposed the sensitive personal information of over 55,000 patients (PHI/medical records collected). Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data security breach... compromised sensitive personal information (implies exfiltration occurred). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no explicit destruction mentioned, but breach implies unauthorized data exposure/impact and Identity Theft (T1659) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating high (sensitive personal information exposed) and identity theft, fraud risks highlighted. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.