Ministère de l'Intérieur Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (MIN1766008492)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Ministère de l'Intérieur breach identified under incident ID MIN1766008492.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Ministère de l'Intérieur's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ministere-de-l-interieur, the number of followers: 315656, the industry type: Government Administration and the number of employees: 27866 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 772 and after the incident was 754 with a difference of -18 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 Ministère de l'Intérieur and their customers.

On 12 December 2023, French Interior Ministry disclosed Cyber Attack issues under the banner "Cyber Attack on French Interior Ministry's Email Servers".

The French Interior Ministry’s email servers were the target of a cyber attack this week.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Email servers, and exposing Files accessed (sensitivity not confirmed).

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Protection measures implemented, strengthened access conditions for agents, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public disclosure via RTL radio.

The case underscores how Underway.

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 Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating strengthened access controls for ministry personnel and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating email servers targeted (public-facing potential). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Brute Force (T1110) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating attacker accessed files (implies credential compromise) and Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating strengthened access conditions post-incident. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating attacker accessed a number of files. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating no evidence files were severely compromised. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.