Barts Health NHS Trust Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (BAR1765043770)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Barts Health NHS Trust breach identified under incident ID BAR1765043770.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Barts Health NHS Trust's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/barts-health-nhs-trust, the number of followers: 78381, the industry type: Hospitals and Health Care and the number of employees: 9885 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 690 and after the incident was 562 with a difference of -128 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 Barts Health NHS Trust and their customers.

Barts Health NHS Trust recently reported "Cl0p Ransomware Attack on Barts Health NHS Trust", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Barts Health NHS Trust confirmed that the Russian-speaking Cl0p ransomware group stole files from one of its invoice databases after exploiting a vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Invoice database, accounting services, and exposing 241 GB of NHS data leaked.

In response, and began remediation that includes Oracle vulnerability patched, and stakeholders are being briefed through Press release advising patients to review invoices.

The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Reported to NHS England, National Cyber Security Centre, Metropolitan Police, and data regulators.

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating exploiting a vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Database Contents (T1552.008) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating invoice database exposed names, addresses, and payment details. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 241 GB of NHS data leaked on Cl0ps dark web site and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data surfaced on the Cl0p ransomwares hidden site. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating cl0p ransomware group (typical ransomware behavior) and Defacement: External Defacement (T1491.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data leaked on dark web leak site (public exposure). Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified File and Directory Discovery (T1083) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating stole files from invoice databases (targeted data access). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.