Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (FER2502325112125)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. breach identified under incident ID FER2502325112125.

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 751 and after the incident was 702 with a difference of -49 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, Internal shares and Multi-company repositories.

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 Public statement to local media and Transparency promised for updates.

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating compromised its IT services provider, **Almaviva** (no specific vector, but provider breach implies external-facing exploit) and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating structured in compressed archives by department (suggests internal access via legitimate credentials or lateral movement). 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 (often contain embedded credentials or sensitive access tokens). Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (95%), with evidence including 2.3 terabytes of sensitive data... structured in compressed archives by department, and multi-company repositories, technical documentation, contracts with public entities and Data from Network Shared Drive (T1039) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating internal shares (implies network drives were accessed). 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%), with evidence including 2.3 terabytes of sensitive data... exfiltrated (large-scale transfer suggests staged exfiltration via non-standard protocols), and data sold on dark web (implies successful extraction) and Exfiltration Over Command and Control Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating aligned with ransomware group tactics (C2 often used for staged exfiltration). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating aligned with ransomware group tactics (though no encryption confirmed, data theft is a common precursor) and Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating systemic vulnerabilities (potential for destructive actions, though not confirmed). 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 internal shares and multi-company repositories (suggests cross-system access via shared protocols). Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Indicator Removal: File Deletion (T1070.004) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating structured in compressed archives (suggests staging and potential cleanup of temporary files) and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating almaviva confirmed the breach and isolated the attack (implies defenses were bypassed or disabled initially). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.