Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (FER0933509112125)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. breach identified under incident ID FER0933509112125.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A.'s information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ferrovie-dello-stato-s-p-a, the number of followers: 612302, the industry type: Facilities Services and the number of employees: 29662 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 791 and after the incident was 739 with a difference of -52 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 Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. and their customers.

Almaviva recently reported "Data Breach at Almaviva Affecting FS Italiane Group", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

A threat actor breached Almaviva, the IT services provider for Italy's national railway operator FS Italiane Group, exposing 2.3 terabytes of sensitive data.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Corporate systems of Almaviva, and exposing Confidential documents, Technical documentation and Contracts with public entities.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Isolation of affected systems, and stakeholders are being briefed through Transparent updates as investigation progresses (per Almaviva's statement).

The case underscores how Ongoing (with government agency assistance).

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 Trusted Relationship (T1199) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating threat actor breached Almaviva, the IT services provider for FS Italiane Group. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Account Manipulation (T1098) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating investigation is ongoing (implies potential credential abuse for prolonged access). Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating exfiltrated 2.3 TB of sensitive data... organized by department and company (suggests elevated access). Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified File Deletion: Indicator Removal from Tools (T1070.004) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating isolation of affected systems (implies attacker may have cleared logs/traces) and Disable or Modify Tools: Impair Defenses (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (65%), supported by evidence indicating isolation of affected systems (suggests defenses may have been tampered with). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating hR archives, accounting data (likely contained credentials or sensitive access info). Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified File and Directory Discovery (T1083) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating leaked data... organized by department and company (indicates extensive filesystem enumeration) and System Owner/User Discovery (T1033) with moderate to high confidence (75%), supported by evidence indicating hR archives (suggests mapping of user/organizational structure). Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating exfiltrated 2.3 TB of sensitive data such as confidential docs, technical docs, contracts, HR archives and Data from Network Shared Drive (T1039) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating internal shares, multi-company repositories. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol (T1048.003) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating 2.3 TB of sensitive data exfiltrated (implies large-scale transfer, likely via non-standard channels) and Automated Exfiltration: Traffic Duplication (T1020.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating complete datasets from FS Group companies (suggests automated bulk exfiltration). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating tactics of ransomware groups active in 2024–2025 (possible but unconfirmed encryption) and Inhibit System Recovery (T1490) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating operational disruptions (potential sabotage of backups/recovery mechanisms). Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Remote Services: SMB/Windows Admin Shares (T1021.002) with moderate to high confidence (75%), supported by evidence indicating multi-company repositories (suggests movement across subsidiary networks). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.