Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (DEL1768842388)

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 to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating protected health and financial data...left accessible on a public mapping website and Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment (T1566.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating doppelPaymer ransomware attack on Illinois Attorney General’s office. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Account Manipulation (T1098) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating incorrect privacy settings went undetected for over three years. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating deloitte managed pandemic-related systems under a no-bid contract. 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 incorrect privacy settings left data accessible for over three years and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating contractor (Deloitte) mismanagement may have played a role. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating protected health and financial data exposed due to misconfigured settings. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Account Discovery: Cloud Account (T1087.004) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating data breach affected over 700,000 residents via public mapping website. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating names, addresses, Social Security numbers, PHI, and financial data compromised. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating doppelPaymer ransomware exfiltrated data after ransom demands went unmet and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating data left accessible on a public mapping website for years. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating doppelPaymer ransomware encrypted data in Attorney General’s office attack and Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating significant reputational damage to state agencies. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.