Inotiv Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (INO1765266961)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Inotiv breach identified under incident ID INO1765266961.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Inotiv's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inotiv, the number of followers: 10559, the industry type: Research Services and the number of employees: 1799 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 136 and after the incident was 100 with a difference of -36 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 Inotiv and their customers.

Inotiv recently reported "Inotiv Ransomware Attack and Data Breach", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Inotiv, a prominent research organization, recently reported a significant ransomware attack resulting in the theft of sensitive personal information of 9,542 individuals.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Sensitive personal information of 9,542 individuals, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial and medical records, with nearly 9,542 records at risk.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, and stakeholders are being briefed through Affected individuals are being notified.

The case underscores how Ongoing, teams are taking away lessons such as The incident highlights the critical need for vigilant cybersecurity practices and the vulnerability of well-established organizations to sophisticated attacks, and recommending next steps like Ensuring regular updates and patches to software and systems, Implementing strong access controls and encrypting sensitive data and Educating employees about phishing risks and safe online practices, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Affected individuals are being notified.

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to the company’s systems and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating infiltrated Inotiv’s infrastructure (implied access). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating sophisticated cyber threats (implied credential compromise). Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including data exfiltration such as Yes, and stolen data poses risks (identity theft/fraud) and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack resulting in theft of sensitive data. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including type such as Ransomware, and data encryption such as null (implied by ransomware) and Data Manipulation: Transmitted Data Manipulation (T1565.002) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating exposed highly sensitive data (financial/medical records). Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating sophisticated cyber threats (implied evasion tactics). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.