Consonus Healthcare Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (CONCON1766527147)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Consonus Healthcare breach identified under incident ID CONCON1766527147.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Consonus Healthcare's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/consonus-healthcare, the number of followers: 5351, the industry type: Hospitals and Health Care 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 765 and after the incident was 688 with a difference of -77 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 Consonus Healthcare and their customers.

On 17 August 2024, Consonus Healthcare Services disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Consonus Healthcare Services Data Breach".

Consonus Healthcare Services experienced a data breach in early August, compromising personal information of current and former employees and job applicants.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information, with nearly 4800 records at risk.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Delayed notification to affected individuals and Oregon’s attorney general.

The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Offered short-term credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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 failure to monitor for intrusions or comply with industry cybersecurity standards and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating inadequate cybersecurity measures leaving systems vulnerable. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating failure to implement adequate cybersecurity measures. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating compromised the data of approximately 4,800 current and former employees and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating data breach that exposed sensitive personal information. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating high risk of identity theft and fraud for affected individuals and Data Manipulation: Transmitted Data Manipulation (T1565.002) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating stolen data could be exploited for financial fraud, medical identity theft. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Disabling Security Tools (T1089) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating failed to monitor for intrusions or comply with industry cybersecurity standards and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating inadequate data security system. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.