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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (END3215232112525)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-96
Company Score Before Incident756 / 1000
Company Score After Incident660 / 1000
Company LinkView Endeavor Schools Profile
INCIDENT NUMBEREND3215232112525
Type of Cyber IncidentRansomware
ATTACK VECTORRansomware
DATA EXPOSEDNames, Dates of birth, Driver's...
INCIDENT DATE28/04/2025
STATUSCompleted (external investigation concluded; notifications sent to affected individuals)

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Endeavor Schools's Ransomware 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 Endeavor Schools 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 Endeavor Schools breach identified under incident ID END3215232112525.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Endeavor Schools's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/endeavor-schools, the number of followers: 4564, the industry type: Education Management and the number of employees: 277 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 756 and after the incident was 660 with a difference of -96 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 Endeavor Schools and their customers.

On 18 November 2025, North Georgia Christian Academy disclosed Data Breach and Ransomware Attack issues under the banner "North Georgia Christian Academy Data Breach and Ransomware Attack".

North Georgia Christian Academy, a private Christian school in Ellijay, Georgia, experienced a ransomware attack allegedly carried out by the SAFEPAY group.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Names, Dates of birth and Driver's license numbers.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, and stakeholders are being briefed through Notification letters mailed to affected individuals on 2025-11-18; offer of free identity theft protection services.

The case underscores how Completed (external investigation concluded; notifications sent to affected individuals), and recommending next steps like Sign up for free identity theft protection services if offered by North Georgia Christian Academy, Monitor financial accounts carefully for suspicious activity or unauthorized transactions and Place a fraud alert on credit reports to prevent unauthorized account openings, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Notification letters mailed to impacted individuals on 2025-11-18, advising them of the breach and offering identity theft protection services.

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 (60%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack with no specified vulnerability but implied exploitation of school systems and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating no direct evidence, but common for ransomware groups like SAFEPAY to abuse compromised credentials. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage (T1048.003) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating 28 GB of sensitive data exfiltrated and posted on the dark web (May 17, 2025) and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating large volume (28 GB) suggests automated collection/exfiltration tools. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack implies encryption of systems/data and Data Destruction (T1485) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attacks often include threats of data destruction if ransom unpaid. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating 28 GB of sensitive data including SSNs, driver’s license numbers, medical information and Data from Network Shared Drive (T1039) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating large volume (28 GB) suggests aggregation from shared drives or databases. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating common TTP for ransomware groups to escalate privileges via credential dumping and Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating access to PII/medical data may imply compromise of password-protected repositories. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Indicator Removal: File Deletion (T1070.004) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating prolonged detection timeline (attack in April, discovered in October) suggests log/file tampering and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating delayed discovery (6 months) implies potential disabling of security monitoring. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Account Manipulation (T1098) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating long dwell time (April–October) suggests persistence mechanisms like backdoor accounts. 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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