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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (CARFRE1775507258)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-85
Company Score Before Incident811 / 1000
Company Score After Incident726 / 1000
Company LinkView Fresenius Medical Care Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERCARFRE1775507258
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDSensitive patient and employee data
INCIDENT DATE31/08/2023
STATUSSettled

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Fresenius Medical Care'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 Fresenius Medical Care 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 Fresenius Medical Care breach identified under incident ID CARFRE1775507258.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Fresenius Medical Care's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/freseniusmedicalcare, the number of followers: 755469, the industry type: Hospitals and Health Care and the number of employees: 50732 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 811 and after the incident was 726 with a difference of -85 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 Fresenius Medical Care and their customers.

Cardiovascular Consultants recently reported "Cardiovascular Consultants Data Breach Settlement", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Cardiovascular Consultants, a Phoenix-based cardiology practice, has agreed to a $3.85 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit stemming from a September 2023 data breach.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Sensitive patient and employee data, with nearly 500,000 patients and 200 employees records at risk, plus an estimated financial loss of $3.85 million.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Notification to affected individuals in December 2023.

The case underscores how Settled, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Two years of complimentary identity monitoring offered to affected individuals.

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 moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating breach exposed sensitive data via internal systems and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating no details on attack vector, but healthcare systems often targeted. 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 employee data compromised and Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating high-sensitivity data accessed, likely via stored credentials. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating names, addresses, DOB, SSNs, and emergency contacts exposed and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 500,000 patient records and 200 employee records compromised. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data breach impacting 500,000 patients and 200 employees and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating no exfiltration details, but common in healthcare breaches. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no evidence of destruction, but high-impact breach and Data Manipulation: Transmitted Data Manipulation (T1565.002) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating identity theft risk noted; potential for data tampering. 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 (60%)
Exploit Public-Facing Application (50%)
Credential Access
OS Credential Dumping (70%)
Credentials from Password Stores (60%)
Collection
Data from Local System (80%)
Data from Information Repositories (70%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (70%)
Exfiltration Over Web Service (50%)
Impact
Data Destruction (30%)
Data Manipulation: Transmitted Data Manipulation (40%)

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