McDonald's Global Office in India Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (MCD1768969764)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the McDonald's Global Office in India breach identified under incident ID MCD1768969764.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of McDonald's Global Office in India's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mcdonald-s-global-office-in-india, the number of followers: 31621, the industry type: Restaurants and the number of employees: 71 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 682 and after the incident was 547 with a difference of -135 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 McDonald's Global Office in India and their customers.

On 20 January 2026, McDonald’s India disclosed Ransomware issues under the banner "Everest Ransomware Group Claims Massive Breach of McDonald’s India".

The Everest ransomware group has alleged responsibility for a significant cyberattack on McDonald’s India, claiming to have exfiltrated 861 GB of sensitive data.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing 861 GB of sensitive data.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

Overall, the incident is a reminder of why proactive monitoring and strong governance matter.

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 (50%), supported by evidence indicating second major breach targeting McDonald’s India in the past seven months and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating significant cyberattack on McDonald’s India, claiming to have exfiltrated 861 GB. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating internal documents and customer personal data compromised. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 861 GB of sensitive data exfiltrated, including internal documents and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating customer personal data compromised in the breach. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating everest ransomware group claims to have exfiltrated 861 GB of data and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating threat actors posted details of the breach on their dark web leak site. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating incident type explicitly listed as Ransomware and Inhibit System Recovery (T1490) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating attack threatening the organization’s existence. Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Remote Services (T1021) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating second major breach in seven months suggests persistent access. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.