Lee County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (LEE5762357111125)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Lee County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller breach identified under incident ID LEE5762357111125.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Lee County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leeclerk, the number of followers: 1246, the industry type: Government Administration and the number of employees: 388 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 763 and after the incident was 689 with a difference of -74 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 Lee County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller and their customers.

Lee County Clerk's Office recently reported "an incident", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Lee County Clerk Kevin Karnes is hosting a free virtual class on cybersecurity awareness due to recent online scams and fraud in the community.

Impact assessments are still underway, so the full scope is not yet clear.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public announcement via virtual class and registration link dissemination.

The case underscores how and recommending next steps like Attend the virtual class for practical tips on protecting against scams and fraud, Register for the free Property Fraud Alert service offered by the Clerk’s office and Stay informed about common scams and how to identify them, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Community members are advised to register for the virtual class to learn about cybersecurity risks and preventive measures.

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 Phishing: Spearphishing Link (T1566.002) with moderate to high confidence (85%), with evidence including online scams and fraud targeting the community, and common scams addressed in virtual class and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (75%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to systems storing citizen data implied in risks. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Credentials from Password Stores: Web Browsers (T1555.003) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating identity theft, fraudulent transactions, or misuse of personal details risks highlighted. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive information—such as property records, legal documents, and citizen data targeted. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Identity Theft (T1659) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including identity theft explicitly mentioned as a risk, and forged deeds, stolen tax documents as potential fraud outcomes and Financial Theft (T1657) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating financial fraud (e.g., forged deeds, stolen tax documents). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.