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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (EMS1765391334)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-101
Company Score Before Incident763 / 1000
Company Score After Incident662 / 1000
Company LinkView EMSA- Emergency Medical Services Authority Profile
INCIDENT NUMBEREMS1765391334
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDPrivate information, sensitive data
INCIDENT DATE09/02/2024
STATUSSettled (class action)

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of EMSA- Emergency Medical Services Authority'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 EMSA- Emergency Medical Services Authority 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 EMSA- Emergency Medical Services Authority breach identified under incident ID EMS1765391334.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of EMSA- Emergency Medical Services Authority's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emsaok, the number of followers: 1486, the industry type: Hospitals and Health Care and the number of employees: 217 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 763 and after the incident was 662 with a difference of -101 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 EMSA- Emergency Medical Services Authority and their customers.

On 10 February 2024, Emergency Medical Services Authority disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Emergency Medical Services Authority $1.5M Data Breach".

Emergency Medical Services Authority agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging a data incident that occurred between Feb.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Private information, sensitive data, plus an estimated financial loss of $1,500,000 (settlement fund).

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Mailed notices to affected individuals.

The case underscores how Settled (class action), with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Mailed notices to affected individuals.

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 (70%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to files containing private information and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating alleged negligence in safeguarding data (implied vulnerability). Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating breach exposed sensitive data of individuals and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating data breach occurred over 3-day period (Feb 10-13, 2024). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating alleged negligence in protecting sensitive data. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no ransomware details, but high identity theft risk noted and Data Manipulation: Transmitted Data Manipulation (T1565.002) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating private information potentially compromised. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

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