Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (DELAXI1766987209)
The details regarding individual company incidents & reports gives you full view from every side.
Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Deltec's Cyber Attack 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 Deltec 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 Deltec breach identified under incident ID DELAXI1766987209.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Deltec's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deltec, the number of followers: 0, the industry type: Financial Services and the number of employees: 130 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 823 and after the incident was 806 with a difference of -17 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 Deltec and their customers.
U.S. Victims recently reported "International Cryptocurrency Investment Scam and Money Laundering Scheme", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.
Five men from China, the United States, and Turkey pleaded guilty to their involvement in an international crime ring and laundering nearly $37 million stolen from U.S.
The disruption is felt across the environment, plus an estimated financial loss of $36.9 million.
Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.
The case underscores how Ongoing (Eight co-conspirators pleaded guilty, others charged), teams are taking away lessons such as Increased awareness of social engineering scams, particularly cryptocurrency investment fraud (pig butchering/romance baiting). Need for stricter monitoring of international financial transactions and shell companies used for money laundering, and recommending next steps like Enhance public education on recognizing social engineering scams, Implement stricter KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) measures for cryptocurrency transactions and Improve international cooperation to track and dismantle transnational crime rings.
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 Phishing (T1566) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating unsolicited social media messages, phone calls, and online dating platforms and Phishing: Spearphishing via Service (T1566.003) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating tricked victims into investing in fraudulent digital assets via online dating services. Under the Resource Development tactic, the analysis identified Acquire Infrastructure: Domains (T1583.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating fraudulent digital asset investments promoted via social media/online platforms, Obtain Capabilities: Malware (T1588.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating fake investment schemes falsely claiming funds were growing in value, and Stage Capabilities: Upload Malware (T1608.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating fraudulent investment platforms used to trick victims. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Masquerading: Masquerade Task or Service (T1036.004) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating shell companies (Axis Digital Limited) and U.S. bank accounts used to launder funds and Hide Artifacts: Email Hiding Rules (T1564.008) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating unsolicited messages via social media/online dating to avoid detection. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Credential Access (T1212) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating tricked victims into providing financial data for fraudulent investments. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols (T1071.001) with moderate to high confidence (75%), supported by evidence indicating fraudulent digital asset platforms used to communicate with victims. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol (T1048.003) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating funds transferred to Deltec Bank (Bahamas) and converted to Tether (USDT) and Exfiltration Over Web Service: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage (T1567.002) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating funds transferred to a digital wallet in Cambodia for distribution. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Resource Hijacking (T1496) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating $36.9 million stolen from U.S. victims in fraudulent investment schemes. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Deltec Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/deltec/incident/DELAXI1766987209
- Deltec CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/deltec
- Deltec Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/delaxi1766987209-cyber-attack-december-2025/
- Deltec CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/deltec/history
- Deltec CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/five-plead-guilty-to-laundering-36-million-stolen-in-investment-scams/
- 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