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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (EDU1775565729)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-28
Company Score Before Incident771 / 1000
Company Score After Incident743 / 1000
Company LinkView Education Authority (Northern Ireland) Profile
INCIDENT NUMBEREDU1775565729
Type of Cyber IncidentCyber Attack
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDNA
INCIDENT DATE01/04/2026
STATUSOngoing

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Education Authority (Northern Ireland)'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 Education Authority (Northern Ireland) 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 Education Authority (Northern Ireland) breach identified under incident ID EDU1775565729.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Education Authority (Northern Ireland)'s information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/education-authority-northern-ireland, the number of followers: 15131, the industry type: Education Administration Programs and the number of employees: 3607 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 771 and after the incident was 743 with a difference of -28 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 Education Authority (Northern Ireland) and their customers.

On 16 November 2023, Northern Ireland’s Education Authority (EA) disclosed Cyberattack issues under the banner "Northern Ireland’s Education Authority Hit by Cyberattack Ahead of Critical Exams".

Northern Ireland’s Education Authority (EA), the public body overseeing regional education services, is working to restore IT systems after a cyberattack disrupted access for students and staff on Thursday.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting IT systems.

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Systems taken offline, and began remediation that includes Investigating the breach and implementing recovery measures.

The case underscores how Ongoing, teams are taking away lessons such as Highlights the growing vulnerability of education networks, particularly during high-stakes periods, and underscores the need for robust cybersecurity measures in critical 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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), with evidence including cyberattack disrupted access for students and staff, and iT systems taken offline and Valid Accounts (T1078) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating no details on attack vector; valid accounts may have been abused. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Service Stop (T1489) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including systems taken offline, and disrupted access for students and staff and Defacement (T1491) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no confirmation of defacement, but timing suggests disruption. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating systems taken offline as containment measure. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating no details on data compromise, but attack timing raises concerns. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Exploit Public-Facing Application (50%)
Valid Accounts (40%)
Impact
Service Stop (80%)
Defacement (30%)
Defense Evasion
Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (60%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (40%)

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