Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (MON1768956065)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Monroe University's Breach and lateral movement inside company's environment.
- Overview of affected data sets, including SSNs and PHI, and why they materially increase incident severity.
- How Rankiteo’s incident engine converts technical details into a normalized incident score.
- How this cyber incident impacts Monroe University Rankiteo cyber scoring and cyber rating.
- Rankiteo’s MITRE ATT&CK correlation analysis for this incident, with associated confidence level.
Full Incident Analysis Transcript
In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Monroe University breach identified under incident ID MON1768956065.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Monroe University's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/monroe-university, the number of followers: 44296, the industry type: Higher Education and the number of employees: 1388 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 729 and after the incident was 669 with a difference of -60 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 Monroe University and their customers.
On 02 January 2026, Monroe University disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Monroe University Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Information of Hundreds of Thousands".
Between December 9 and 23, 2024, an unauthorized party accessed Monroe University’s systems and exfiltrated files containing personal data.
The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Hundreds of thousands of records.
In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Notification via mail on January 2, 2026.
The case underscores how with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Notification via mail on January 2, 2026.
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.
MITRE ATT&CK® Correlation Analysis
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 confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized party accessed Monroe University’s systems and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating inadequate security measures alleged in lawsuit. 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 email credentials compromised in the breach and Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating financial account information and email credentials exposed. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating files containing personal data exfiltrated from systems and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating student records and medical records compromised. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized party exfiltrated files containing personal data and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration occurred over a two-week period. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no evidence of identity theft or fraud stemming from the incident and Data Manipulation: Transmitted Data Manipulation (T1565.002) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating class action lawsuit alleges inadequate security measures. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Indicator Removal: Clear Windows Event Logs (T1070.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating breach discovered over nine months after initial access and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating inadequate security measures alleged in lawsuit. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Monroe University Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/monroe-university/incident/MON1768956065
- Monroe University CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/monroe-university
- Monroe University Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/mon1768956065-monroe-university-breach-june-2024/
- Monroe University CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/monroe-university/history
- Monroe University CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/102086-lawsuit-filed-after-320-000-impacted-by-monroe-university-breach
- Rankiteo A.I CyberSecurity Rating methodology: https://www.rankiteo.com/Images/rankiteo_algo.pdf
- Rankiteo TPRM Scoring methodology: https://static.rankiteo.com/model/rankiteo_tprm_methodology.pdf