Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ELI1776350170)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Elia Group breach identified under incident ID ELI1776350170.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Elia Group's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eliagroup, the number of followers: 75148, the industry type: Utilities and the number of employees: 2723 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 792 and after the incident was 778 with a difference of -14 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 Elia Group and their customers.

On 02 December 2023, Federal Parliament of Belgium disclosed DDoS issues under the banner "Pro-Russian Hacker Group Targets Belgian Critical Infrastructure in Surge of DDoS Attacks".

Belgium faced a sharp escalation in cyberattacks, with nearly 1,250 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) incidents recorded between December 2 and 18.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Federal institutions, critical infrastructure, government bodies, energy distribution, nuclear supply chains.

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.