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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (DAT1777379775)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-249
Company Score Before Incident752 / 1000
Company Score After Incident503 / 1000
Company LinkView DataNumen, Inc. Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERDAT1777379775
Type of Cyber IncidentRansomware
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDNA
INCIDENT DATE30/09/2024
STATUSpublished

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of DataNumen, Inc.'s Ransomware 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 DataNumen, Inc. 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 DataNumen, Inc. breach identified under incident ID DAT1777379775.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of DataNumen, Inc.'s information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/datanumen, the number of followers: 155, the industry type: Software Development and the number of employees: 12 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 752 and after the incident was 503 with a difference of -249 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 DataNumen, Inc. and their customers.

On 28 April 2026, Global organizations (unspecified) disclosed insider_threat, ransomware and data_loss issues under the banner "DataNumen Report Reveals Alarming Data Loss Trends in 2025".

A newly released *Data Loss Statistics Report 2025* by DataNumen exposes the severe and growing impact of data loss incidents on organizations worldwide, highlighting critical vulnerabilities in cybersecurity preparedness, insider threats, and ransomware recovery.

The disruption is felt across the environment, plus an estimated financial loss of ['76% of organizations incurred losses exceeding $100,000', '41% faced costs between $1 million and $10 million'].

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, while recovery efforts such as Backup verification and incident response chains continue.

The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as Data loss remains an underestimated existential risk; gaps in backup systems, overconfidence in recovery, and insider threats are critical vulnerabilities, and recommending next steps like Improve backup verification, incident response chains, and policies to prevent malicious access to backup infrastructure.

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 moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 62% of insider incidents stemmed from negligent or compromised users and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating 70% of organizations hit by ransomware in 2024-2025. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attacks (70% of organizations hit). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating compromised users contributing to insider-driven data loss. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 25% lacked policies to prevent malicious access to backup infrastructure. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware data encryption; only 10% recovered more than 90% of data and Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating data recovery failures and operational downtime. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating insider-driven data loss incidents (77% of organizations). 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 (80%)
Exploit Public-Facing Application (50%)
Execution
User Execution: Malicious File (70%)
Credential Access
Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (60%)
Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (70%)
Impact
Data Encrypted for Impact (90%)
Defacement: Internal Defacement (50%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (60%)

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