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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (OXFGTI1780734292)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-49
Company Score Before Incident809 / 1000
Company Score After Incident760 / 1000
Company LinkView GTI RECRUITING SOLUTIONS LIMITED Profile
INCIDENT NUMBEROXFGTI1780734292
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORSecurity Vulnerability
DATA EXPOSEDFull names, email addresses, encrypted...
INCIDENT DATE27/05/2026
STATUSOngoing

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of GTI RECRUITING SOLUTIONS LIMITED'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 GTI RECRUITING SOLUTIONS LIMITED 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 GTI RECRUITING SOLUTIONS LIMITED breach identified under incident ID OXFGTI1780734292.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of GTI RECRUITING SOLUTIONS LIMITED's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gti-recruiting-solutions-limited, the number of followers: 0, the industry type: Staffing and Recruiting and the number of employees: 12 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 809 and after the incident was 760 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 GTI RECRUITING SOLUTIONS LIMITED and their customers.

On 28 May 2024, Oxford University disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Oxford University’s CareerConnect Platform Hit by Second Breach in Two Months".

Oxford University has suffered a second data breach in as many months, this time affecting its CareerConnect platform, a service provided by Group GTI that helps students, alumni, and recruiters connect for job opportunities.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting CareerConnect platform (Group GTI’s TargetConnect), and exposing Full names, email addresses, encrypted passwords (for non-SSO users).

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Vulnerability patched, passwords forcibly reset for affected users, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public announcement by Oxford University.

The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Password reset advisory for affected users.

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating breach stemmed from a security vulnerability in CareerConnect platform. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating encrypted passwords leaked for those who did not use single sign-on (SSO) and Brute Force: Password Cracking (T1110.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating encrypted passwords exposed, potential for offline cracking. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating full names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords compromised. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating gTI suggested the breach was aimed at harvesting credentials and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating no explicit confirmation of exfiltration, but implied for credential harvesting. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Compromise Accounts (T1586) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating breach aimed at harvesting credentials for potential phishing attacks. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Exploit Public-Facing Application (90%)
Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores (80%)
Brute Force: Password Cracking (70%)
Collection
Data from Local System (80%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (60%)
Transfer Data to Cloud Account (50%)
Impact
Compromise Accounts (80%)

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