Baker Hughes Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (LA-BAK1767116583)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Baker Hughes breach identified under incident ID LA-BAK1767116583.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Baker Hughes's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bakerhughes, the number of followers: 2901850, the industry type: Energy Technology and the number of employees: 66617 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 812 and after the incident was 799 with a difference of -13 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 Baker Hughes and their customers.

On 29 December 2024, Romanian Waters disclosed Ransomware issues under the banner "Romanian Waters Ransomware Attack".

Romanian Waters, the country’s national water management authority, was hit by a ransomware attack that resulted in nearly 1,000 computer systems across national and regional offices being encrypted.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Nearly 1,000 computer systems (geographic information systems, databases, email, web servers, Windows workstations), and exposing None reported.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

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 Endpoint Denial of Service: Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack encrypting nearly 1,000 systems and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating disrupted geographic information systems, databases, email, and web servers. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (95%), with evidence including ransomware attack...encrypting nearly 1,000 systems, and data encryption such as Yes (ransomware) and Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating disrupted...mail distribution and banking services for La Banque Postale. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack encrypting systems (implies obfuscation). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.