LPM Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (LPM1766994759)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the LPM breach identified under incident ID LPM1766994759.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of LPM's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lpm-property-management, the number of followers: 18, the industry type: Real Estate and the number of employees: 7 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 760 and after the incident was 653 with a difference of -107 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 LPM and their customers.

LPM Property Management recently reported "Misconfigured Amazon S3 Bucket Exposes 31,000 Sensitive Documents of LPM Property Management", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

A misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket belonging to New Zealand-based LPM Property Management exposed over 31,000 sensitive documents, including passports, drivers licenses, and ID verification photos tied to tenants, landlords, and maintenance records.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Amazon S3 bucket, and exposing 31,000+ sensitive documents, with nearly 31,000+ records at risk, plus an estimated financial loss of $600,000 (estimated value of exposed data).

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like AWS secured the exposed bucket after being contacted, and stakeholders are being briefed through No response from LPM to inquiries.

The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as Highlights the critical need for businesses to isolate sensitive systems, limit access, and adopt network segmentation practices, and recommending next steps like Monitor for fraud, Take defensive cybersecurity steps and Isolate sensitive systems, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Affected individuals should monitor for fraud and take defensive cybersecurity steps.

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 lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating exposed data could be exploited for phishing. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 31,000+ sensitive documents exposed in misconfigured S3 bucket. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating data remained accessible for over a month; potential dark web sales and Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating misconfigured S3 bucket allowed unauthorized access. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (20%), supported by evidence indicating exposed PII could lead to identity theft, Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with lower confidence (10%), supported by evidence indicating no evidence of encryption in this incident, and Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating potential for fraud using exposed PII. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating misconfigured S3 bucket lacked proper access restrictions. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.