McDonald's Global Office in India Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (MCDIBENISDEC1768955534)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the McDonald's Global Office in India breach identified under incident ID MCDIBENISDEC1768955534.

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 728 and after the incident was 615 with a difference of -113 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 Breach of McDonald’s India".

The Everest ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a breach of McDonald’s India, the fast-food giant’s Indian subsidiary, allegedly exfiltrating 861 GB of customer data and internal documents.

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

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating breach of McDonald’s India, allegedly exfiltrating 861 GB of data and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating store-level data...manager names, company email addresses. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating eRP migration files, pricing data, internal communications leaked and OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating audit trails and structured directories with accounting records. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 861 GB of customer data and internal documents allegedly stolen and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating financial reports, investor info, contact database exposed. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 861 GB of data allegedly exfiltrated by Everest ransomware group and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating claims posted on dark web leak site with screenshots. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating everest ransomware group set a two-day deadline for response and Defacement (T1491) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating claims posted on dark web leak site with screenshots. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware group claims remain unverified pending confirmation and Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories (T1564.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating structured directories with month-by-month accounting records. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.