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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (GRA1779114321)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-61
Company Score Before Incident713 / 1000
Company Score After Incident652 / 1000
Company LinkView Grafana Labs Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERGRA1779114321
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORStolen access token
DATA EXPOSEDSource code
INCIDENT DATE31/08/2025
STATUSOngoing (post-incident review in progress)

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Grafana Labs'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 Grafana Labs 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 Grafana Labs breach identified under incident ID GRA1779114321.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Grafana Labs's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grafana-labs, the number of followers: 258334, the industry type: Software Development and the number of employees: 1772 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 713 and after the incident was 652 with a difference of -61 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 Grafana Labs and their customers.

Grafana Labs recently reported "Grafana Labs Source Code Stolen in GitHub Breach by CoinbaseCartel Extortion Gang", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Grafana Labs confirmed that hackers breached its GitHub environment and downloaded its source code using a stolen access token.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting GitHub environment, and exposing Source code.

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Invalidated compromised credentials, and began remediation that includes Implemented additional security measures.

The case underscores how Ongoing (post-incident review in progress), with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Customer data and systems unaffected.

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: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating breached its GitHub environment and downloaded its source code using a stolen access token and Steal Application Access Token (T1528) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating attack was carried out using a stolen access token. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Steal Application Access Token (T1528) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating stolen access token...traced the breach to compromised credentials and Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating compromised credentials...invalidated. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Cloud Storage (T1530) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating downloaded its source code...GitHub environment. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration such as Yes (downloaded by threat actor) and Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating added Grafana to its data leak site (DLS) as leverage for ransom demands. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating affiliates...deploy shinysp1d3r to encrypt VMware ESXi systems and Defacement: External Defacement (T1491.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating added Grafana to its data leak site (DLS) as leverage for ransom demands. 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: Cloud Accounts (90%)
Steal Application Access Token (90%)
Credential Access
Steal Application Access Token (90%)
Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (80%)
Collection
Data from Cloud Storage (90%)
Exfiltration
Transfer Data to Cloud Account (80%)
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (70%)
Impact
Data Encrypted for Impact (50%)
Defacement: External Defacement (70%)

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