BTQ Financial Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (BTQ2992429111525)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the BTQ Financial breach identified under incident ID BTQ2992429111525.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of BTQ Financial's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/btq-financial, the number of followers: 2002, the industry type: Financial Services and the number of employees: 78 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 754 and after the incident was 683 with a difference of -71 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 BTQ Financial and their customers.

On 27 April 2025, Consero Global Solutions disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Consero Global Solutions Data Breach - April 2025".

On April 27, 2025, Consero Global Solutions experienced a data breach resulting in the exposure of sensitive personal information, including names and Social Security numbers of individuals associated with the company’s services.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Names and Social Security numbers.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, and began remediation that includes Complimentary Single Bureau Credit Monitoring for 12 months, Dark web monitoring and Identity protection services, while recovery efforts such as Enrollment in support services within 90 days of notification and Dedicated helpline (1-833-519-0389) for 90 days continue, and stakeholders are being briefed through Notification letters to affected individuals, Consumer notice with guidance on credit monitoring and fraud prevention and PDF notice available online.

The case underscores how and recommending next steps like Monitor credit reports for suspicious activity, Place fraud alerts on credit files and Consider a security freeze on credit reports, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Enroll in support services within 90 days via online portal, Helpline available at 1-833-519-0389 for 90 days and Guidance on fraud alerts, security freezes, and credit monitoring.

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 unauthorized access to systems holding PII (SSNs/names). Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating exposure of sensitive personal information, including names and Social Security numbers. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration such as Likely (data exposed to unauthorized access). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data from Cloud Storage Object (T1598) with moderate to high confidence (75%), supported by evidence indicating personally Identifiable Information (PII) compromised with high sensitivity and Identity Theft (T1659) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating high (due to exposure of Social Security numbers) risk of identity theft. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.