Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (EXT1778783531)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Extant Aerospace'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 Extant Aerospace 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 Extant Aerospace breach identified under incident ID EXT1778783531.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Extant Aerospace's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/extantaerospace, the number of followers: 4076, the industry type: Defense and Space Manufacturing and the number of employees: 155 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 747 and after the incident was 610 with a difference of -137 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 Extant Aerospace and their customers.
On 13 April 2026, Extant Aerospace disclosed ransomware issues under the banner "Extant Aerospace Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Employee and Personal Information".
Extant Aerospace, a Florida-based defense and aerospace contractor specializing in aviation system sustainment and electronics manufacturing, confirmed a ransomware attack that compromised the personal data of over 3,000 individuals.
The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Personal data of 3,012 individuals, including names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers, with nearly 3,012 records at risk.
In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Written notices sent to affected individuals on May 13, 2026.
The case underscores how Ongoing (legal investigation by Shamis & Gentile P.A.), with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Written notices sent to affected individuals on May 13, 2026.
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%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized activity on its network detected on August 23, 2025 and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized actor accessed systems containing sensitive information. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating social Security numbers and personal data compromised and Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive information accessed by unauthorized actor. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers exposed. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating personal data of 3,012 individuals compromised. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack confirmed by Extant Aerospace. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized activity detected, suggesting evasion techniques. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Extant Aerospace Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/extantaerospace/incident/EXT1778783531
- Extant Aerospace CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/extantaerospace
- Extant Aerospace Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/ext1778783531-extant-aerospace-ransomware-august-2025/
- Extant Aerospace CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/extantaerospace/history
- Extant Aerospace CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.claimdepot.com/investigations/extant-aerospace-data-breach-2026
- 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