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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ART1766160621)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-133
Company Score Before Incident758 / 1000
Company Score After Incident625 / 1000
Company LinkView ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY CENTER PC Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERART1766160621
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDPersonally identifiable information and protected...
INCIDENT DATE31/08/2024
STATUSSettled

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY CENTER PC'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 ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY CENTER PC 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 ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY CENTER PC breach identified under incident ID ART1766160621.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY CENTER PC's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arthritis-&-rheumatology-center-pc, the number of followers: 141, the industry type: Medical Practices and the number of employees: 59 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 758 and after the incident was 625 with a difference of -133 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 ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY CENTER PC and their customers.

On 27 September 2024, Carolina Arthritis Associates PA disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Carolina Arthritis Associates $600K Data Breach Settlement".

Carolina Arthritis Associates PA agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it failed to adequately protect patient data, resulting in a September 2024 cyberattack that compromised sensitive information.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Personally identifiable information and protected health information, with nearly 39,961 records at risk, plus an estimated financial loss of $600,000 (settlement amount).

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Customer advisories sent to affected individuals.

The case underscores how Settled, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Notices sent to affected individuals with claim instructions.

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 moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including failure to adequately protect patient data, and cyberattack that compromised sensitive information and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), with evidence including healthcare data exposure risks, and failed to implement adequate security measures. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including failure to adequately protect patient data, and exposure of SSNs and medical records. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including compromised sensitive data of 39,961 individuals, and data exposed included SSNs, medical records and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating large-scale data breach (39,961 records). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating cyberattack with significant impact on customer data and Data Manipulation: Transmitted Data Manipulation (T1565.002) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating high identity theft risk due to exposed data. 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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