Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ELBISR1775566798)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Elbit Systems'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 Elbit Systems 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 Elbit Systems breach identified under incident ID ELBISR1775566798.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Elbit Systems's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elbitsystems, the number of followers: 119066, the industry type: Defense and Space Manufacturing and the number of employees: 2087 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 791 and after the incident was 743 with a difference of -48 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 Elbit Systems and their customers.
On 07 April 2024, Vered Haimovich disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Handala Hacktivist Group Exposes Israeli Drone Commander in Major Data Breach".
On April 7, the cyber-activist collective Handala announced a significant data breach, revealing the identity and classified operations of Vered Haimovich, a retired Israeli Air Force (IAF) colonel and commander of the secretive 'Squadron 166.' The breach exposed Haimovich's r...
The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Classified military operations, personal identities, drone program details.
Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.
Overall, the incident is a reminder of why proactive monitoring and strong governance matter.
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 alleged espionage act...access to Elbit’s surveillance systems and Trusted Relationship (T1199) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating haimovich...personally appointed by Eyal Zamir, Director General. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating €40,000 in exchange for access to Elbit’s surveillance systems. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating revealing the identity and classified operations...drone program details and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating core Hermes drone development team image released. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data breach...image of the core Hermes drone development team and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating handala announced a significant data breach...released an image. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating exposure of secret military unit and drone program and Financial Theft (T1657) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating €40,000 in exchange for access to Elbit’s surveillance systems. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Indicator Removal: File Deletion (T1070.004) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating no details on malware’s origin or extent of breach. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Elbit Systems Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/elbitsystems/incident/ELBISR1775566798
- Elbit Systems CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/elbitsystems
- Elbit Systems Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/elbisr1775566798-israeli-air-force-elbit-systems-breach-april-2026/
- Elbit Systems CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/elbitsystems/history
- Elbit Systems CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://wanaen.com/top-secret-data-of-israels-squadron-166-chief-leaked-by-handala/
- 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