Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (MSG1781721259)
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Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.'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 Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. 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 Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. breach identified under incident ID MSG1781721259.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.'s information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/msg-sports, the number of followers: 30945, the industry type: Spectator Sports and the number of employees: 467 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 787 and after the incident was 730 with a difference of -57 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 Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. and their customers.
Madison Square Garden (MSG) recently reported "Madison Square Garden Faces Lawsuit After ShinyHunters Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Visitor Data", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.
A New York resident has filed a negligence lawsuit against Madison Square Garden (MSG) following a data breach linked to the hacking group ShinyHunters, which exposed sensitive visitor information, including threat assessment reports, biometric data, and internal correspondenc...
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Facial recognition surveillance system, and exposing Threat assessment reports, biometric data, internal correspondence.
Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.
The case underscores how Pending.
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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating data breach linked to the hacking group ShinyHunters and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating internal correspondence related to MSG’s facial recognition system. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating mSG failed to adequately protect the data, leading to its exposure. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating threat assessment reports, biometric data, internal correspondence and Archive Collected Data (T1560) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating data breach linked to ShinyHunters, known for exfiltrating data. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating shinyHunters data breach exposed sensitive visitor information and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating shinyHunters known for leaking data via dark web or public forums. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating biometric data and internal correspondence exposed and Disk Wipe (T1561) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no details on malware’s origin or extent of breach. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating internal correspondence accessed, implying account misuse and Hide Artifacts (T1564) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating shinyHunters linked to breaches with stealthy exfiltration. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/msg-sports/incident/MSG1781721259
- Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/msg-sports
- Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/msg1781721259-madison-square-garden-breach-july-2023/
- Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/msg-sports/history
- Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/madison-square-garden-sued-after-shinyhunters-data-leak-news
- 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