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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (HIL1781202529)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-89
Company Score Before Incident765 / 1000
Company Score After Incident676 / 1000
Company LinkView Hillcrest Nursing Center Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERHIL1781202529
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDSensitive personal and health data
INCIDENT DATE31/05/2024
STATUSSettled

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Hillcrest Nursing Center'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 Hillcrest Nursing Center 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 Hillcrest Nursing Center breach identified under incident ID HIL1781202529.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Hillcrest Nursing Center's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hillcrest-nursing-center, the number of followers: 228, the industry type: Hospitals and Health Care and the number of employees: 146 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 765 and after the incident was 676 with a difference of -89 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 Hillcrest Nursing Center and their customers.

On 27 June 2024, Hillcrest Convalescent Center Inc. disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Hillcrest Convalescent Center Data Breach Settlement".

Hillcrest Convalescent Center Inc.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Sensitive personal and health data, plus an estimated financial loss of $325,000 (attorneys’ fees) + $7,500 (service awards) + settlement fund.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Settlement notice and claim process.

The case underscores how Settled, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Claim process and deadlines for 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 alleged failure to adequately protect sensitive data and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating cyberattack that exposed sensitive personal and health data. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Modify Authentication Process (T1556) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating social Security numbers, financial account details compromised and OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating names, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial account details. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating compromised names, addresses, SSNs, financial account details and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating medical and insurance information exposed. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data breach exposing sensitive personal and health data and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating cyberattack leading to class action settlement. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating alleged failure to protect sensitive data and Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating high identity theft risk due to exposed SSNs. 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
Modify Authentication Process (50%)
OS Credential Dumping (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 (40%)
Stored Data Manipulation (50%)

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