Hopper Construction Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (HOPLOG1765950962)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Hopper Construction breach identified under incident ID HOPLOG1765950962.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Hopper Construction's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hopper-construction, the number of followers: 0, the industry type: Construction and the number of employees: 23 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 808 and after the incident was 736 with a difference of -72 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 Hopper Construction and their customers.

Hopper Developments recently reported "Hopper Developments Cyber Attack by Qilin Ransomware Gang", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Hopper Developments, a property development company based in Orewa, New Zealand, was listed on the dark web leak site of the Qilin ransomware gang, indicating a cyber attack.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing True.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how Ongoing.

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.

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 Trusted Relationship (T1199) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operations with affiliates and External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware gang targeting organizations without disclosed attack vector. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware strain (Qilin) deployed, implying malicious execution. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task (T1053.005) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware gang (Qilin) likely maintains persistence for encryption. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) affiliates often use compromised credentials. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware (Qilin) encrypts data to evade detection and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware gangs often disable security tools before encryption. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Brute Force: Password Guessing (T1110.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating common tactic for ransomware affiliates to gain initial access. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Account Discovery: Domain Account (T1087.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware gangs map networks post-compromise for lateral movement. Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol (T1021.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating common lateral movement method for ransomware affiliates. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration confirmed in incident details. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols (T1071.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware gangs use C2 channels for data exfiltration and encryption. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration confirmed; Qilin threatens to publish stolen data. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (100%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware (Qilin) encrypts data; data encryption confirmed and Service Stop (T1489) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attacks often disrupt services for maximum impact. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.