Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ARI1772649610)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Ariomex'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 Ariomex 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 Ariomex breach identified under incident ID ARI1772649610.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Ariomex's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ariomex, the number of followers: 74, the industry type: Financial Services and the number of employees: 13 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 721 and after the incident was 630 with a difference of -91 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 Ariomex and their customers.
On 24 February 2025, Ariomex disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Iran’s Ariomex Crypto Exchange Hit by Major Data Breach".
Iran’s Ariomex cryptocurrency exchange has suffered a significant data breach, leaking 11,826 records, with roughly 7,710 tied to Iranian users.
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting AWS infrastructure, customer support systems, and exposing 11,826 records exposed, with nearly 11,826 records at risk.
Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.
The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as Vulnerabilities in customer support systems and risks of unpatched software in cryptocurrency platforms.
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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating exploited the React2Shell vulnerability in an unpatched React frontend application. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating react2Shell vulnerability in unpatched React frontend application. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating gaining access to Ariomex’s AWS infrastructure. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Cloud Instance Metadata API (T1552.005) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating access to Ariomex’s AWS infrastructure. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating exposed data includes user identities, email addresses, IP addresses, transaction details. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data circulated on the dark web and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating stolen data has since circulated on the dark web. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating potential for regulatory or law enforcement scrutiny and Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating many records lacked KYC verification or contained altered information. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Ariomex Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ariomex/incident/ARI1772649610
- Ariomex CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ariomex
- Ariomex Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/ari1772649610-ariomex-breach-february-2026/
- Ariomex CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ariomex/history
- Ariomex CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.scworld.com/brief/irans-ariomex-crypto-exchange-suffers-major-data-leak-exposing-user-and-transaction-data
- Rankiteo A.I CyberSecurity Rating methodology: https://www.rankiteo.com/Images/rankiteo_algo.pdf
- Rankiteo TPRM Scoring methodology: https://static.rankiteo.com/model/rankiteo_tprm_methodology.pdf