Rankiteo Logo
Rankiteo
Leader in Cyber Underwriting
Loading...
NEWRankiteo Cyber Underwriting Desktop - Score, price, and bind from your desktop
WindowsmacOSLinux
Download
Analyze » Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice » FLO1781915360

Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (FLO1781915360)

The details regarding individual company incidents & reports gives you full view from every side.

Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-77
Company Score Before Incident770 / 1000
Company Score After Incident693 / 1000
Company LinkView Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERFLO1781915360
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORExploiting retained access to internal systems
DATA EXPOSEDActive criminal cases, arrest warrants,...
INCIDENT DATE31/12/2025
STATUSOngoing (arrest made, trial pending)

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice's Breach 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 Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice 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 Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice breach identified under incident ID FLO1781915360.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/florida-state-university-college-of-criminology-criminal-justice, the number of followers: 221, the industry type: Higher Education and the number of employees: 25 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 770 and after the incident was 693 with a difference of -77 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 Florida State University College of Criminology & Criminal Justice and their customers.

Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) recently reported "Former Florida Probation Officer Charged with Leaking Sensitive Data to Drug Traffickers", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

A former Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) probation officer, Crystal Lawson, was arrested and faces 114 felony charges after allegedly exploiting retained access to a state court records system to tip off a drug trafficking organization.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Comprehensive Case Information System (CCIS), and exposing Active criminal cases, arrest warrants, suspect details.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how Ongoing (arrest made, trial pending), teams are taking away lessons such as Critical failures in security protocols, including over-privileged access, improper offboarding, and lack of monitoring. Daily security reports on database access could have flagged suspicious activity sooner, and recommending next steps like Implement case-specific permissions instead of unrestricted access, Ensure proper offboarding procedures to revoke credentials post-termination and Enhance monitoring of access logs to detect suspicious activity.

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 Valid Accounts (T1078) with high confidence (95%), with evidence including exploiting retained access to a state court records system, and access to CCIS was never revoked. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including access to CCIS was never revoked post-termination, and logged into the database 106 times between Jan-May 2026. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating over-privileged access such as unrestricted database access rather than case-specific permissions. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating used legitimate credentials to access CCIS, evading detection for 4 years and Hide Artifacts: Hidden Users (T1564.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating lack of monitoring allowed unauthorized access to go undetected. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.005) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating improper offboarding such as IT and HR failed to revoke her credentials. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with high confidence (95%), with evidence including searching for active criminal cases in CCIS, and leaking details including arrest warrants. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including leaking details to drug traffickers, and data breach led to lost evidence and suspects evading arrest and Data from Cloud Storage (T1530) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating accessed state court records system (CCIS) for data exfiltration. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating leaks led to lost evidence, unrecovered assets, and suspects evading arrest and Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating breaches reportedly led to lost evidence and unrecovered assets. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Valid Accounts (95%)
Persistence
Valid Accounts (90%)
Privilege Escalation
Valid Accounts (80%)
Defense Evasion
Valid Accounts (90%)
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Users (70%)
Credential Access
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (60%)
Collection
Data from Information Repositories (95%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (80%)
Data from Cloud Storage (70%)
Impact
Defacement: Internal Defacement (60%)
Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (50%)

Sources & References