Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (DAT1768956408)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Datamaxx'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 Datamaxx 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 Datamaxx breach identified under incident ID DAT1768956408.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Datamaxx's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/datamaxx, the number of followers: 654, the industry type: Software Development and the number of employees: 74 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 753 and after the incident was 557 with a difference of -196 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 Datamaxx and their customers.
On 01 December 2023, DataMaxx Applied Technologies Inc. disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "DataMaxx Data Breach Settlement".
A $465,000 class action settlement has been reached with DataMaxx Applied Technologies Inc.
The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing 61,985 records, with nearly 61,985 records at risk, plus an estimated financial loss of $465,000 (settlement fund).
In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Settlement notice to affected individuals.
The case underscores how Settled, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Compensation options and claim submission details provided 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.
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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating allegedly due to inadequate security measures and Trusted Relationship (T1199) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating dataMaxx denies wrongdoing and asserts no evidence of misuse. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating inadequate security measures led to exposure of SSNs, drivers licenses and OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating social Security numbers and medical records compromised. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, medical records. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 61,985 individuals data exposed in the breach and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating dark web scanning included in credit monitoring. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating inadequate security measures may have enabled data exposure and Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating high risk of identity theft due to exposed personal data. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating inadequate security measures allegedly contributed to breach. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Datamaxx Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/datamaxx/incident/DAT1768956408
- Datamaxx CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/datamaxx
- Datamaxx Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/dat1768956408-datamaxx-applied-technologies-inc-breach-december-2023/
- Datamaxx CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/datamaxx/history
- Datamaxx CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.claimdepot.com/settlements/datamaxx-data-settlement
- Rankiteo A.I CyberSecurity Rating methodology: https://www.rankiteo.com/Images/rankiteo_algo.pdf
- Rankiteo TPRM Scoring methodology: https://static.rankiteo.com/model/rankiteo_tprm_methodology.pdf