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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (CLA1768252483)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-79
Company Score Before Incident699 / 1000
Company Score After Incident620 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERCLA1768252483
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORCompromised user account
DATA EXPOSEDSensitive personally identifiable information
INCIDENT DATE23/10/2025
STATUSCompleted

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Clackamas Community College'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 Clackamas Community College 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 Clackamas Community College breach identified under incident ID CLA1768252483.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Clackamas Community College's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clackamas-community-college, the number of followers: 22961, the industry type: Higher Education and the number of employees: 901 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 699 and after the incident was 620 with a difference of -79 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 Clackamas Community College and their customers.

On 08 January 2026, Clackamas Community College disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Clackamas Community College Data Breach".

Clackamas Community College discovered suspicious activity tied to one of its user accounts, leading to a data breach where an unauthorized third party accessed certain systems and acquired files containing sensitive personally identifiable information.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Sensitive personally identifiable information, with nearly 33,381 records at risk.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Account reset, immediate threat containment, and began remediation that includes Engaged forensic investigation, offered credit monitoring services, and stakeholders are being briefed through Written notifications to affected individuals.

The case underscores how Completed, and recommending next steps like Enroll in free credit monitoring and identity theft protection service, Review account statements and monitor credit reports and Place a fraud alert or credit freeze on credit files, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Written notifications sent to affected individuals with instructions for protective steps.

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 high confidence (90%), with evidence including suspicious activity was identified in a user account, and compromised user account. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Credentials from Cloud Instance Metadata API (T1552.006) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access occurred after account reset and OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating social Security numbers, government IDs, and financial details exfiltrated. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Account Discovery (T1087) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating further unauthorized access occurred on October 24, 2025 and Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating files containing sensitive data were accessed and exfiltrated. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating full names, SSNs, medical info, passport numbers, financial details exposed and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating student records and tax identification numbers compromised. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized third party accessed and exfiltrated files and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating data breach impacting 33,381 individuals across multiple states. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no details on malware or encryption, but data was exfiltrated and Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating high risk of identity theft and fraud due to exposed PII. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Valid Accounts (90%)
Credential Access
Credentials from Cloud Instance Metadata API (50%)
OS Credential Dumping (60%)
Discovery
Account Discovery (70%)
Data from Local System (80%)
Collection
Data from Local System (90%)
Data from Information Repositories (80%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (80%)
Transfer Data to Cloud Account (60%)
Impact
Data Destruction (30%)
Stored Data Manipulation (40%)

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