Federal Ministry of the Interior Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (FED1765534880)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Federal Ministry of the Interior breach identified under incident ID FED1765534880.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Federal Ministry of the Interior's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/federal-ministry-of-the-interior, the number of followers: 0, the industry type: Government Administration and the number of employees: 306 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 834 and after the incident was 818 with a difference of -16 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 Federal Ministry of the Interior and their customers.

On 12 December 2023, French Interior Ministry disclosed Cyber Attack issues under the banner "Cyber Attack on French Interior Ministry's Email Servers".

The French Interior Ministry's email servers were the target of a cyber attack this week.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Email servers, and exposing A number of files.

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Protection measures put in place, strengthened access conditions to the computer system for agents.

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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.

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 email servers were targeted in a cyberattack and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating strengthened access conditions to the computer system for agents. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Brute Force (T1110) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating attacker accessed a number of files (implies account compromise) and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating strengthened access controls for ministry personnel. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating attacker was able to access a number of files. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating attacker accessed a number of files (implies potential exfiltration). Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating strengthened access conditions (implies prior unauthorized access). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.