Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (MUR1764655969)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter breach identified under incident ID MUR1764655969.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/murfreesboro-medical-clinic-surgicenter, the number of followers: 1139, the industry type: Medical Practices and the number of employees: 263 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 757 and after the incident was 585 with a difference of -172 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 Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter and their customers.

Murfreesboro Medical Clinic & Surgicenter (MMC) recently reported "Murfreesboro Medical Clinic Ransomware Attack and Data Breach (April 2023)", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Murfreesboro Medical Clinic (MMC) experienced a ransomware attack in April 2023 that compromised private patient and employee information, affecting approximately 559,000 individuals.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing True, with nearly 559000 records at risk.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through notice sent to affected individuals and settlement website (https://MMCSettlement.com/).

The case underscores how settled (preliminary approval granted on September 16, 2025), with advisories going out to stakeholders covering court-approved settlement website and notice to affected individuals.

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 to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack (common vector for healthcare breaches) and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating compromised private patient and employee information (possible credential abuse). Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol (T1048.003) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including data exfiltration such as true, and 559,000 individuals affected with high (private/confidential) data sensitivity. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (85%), with evidence including type such as ransomware, data breach, and data exfiltration such as true (double-extortion common in ransomware). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate confidence (65%), supported by evidence indicating patient information, employee information compromised (often includes credentials). Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including high value targets such as patient data, employee data, and number of records exposed such as 559000. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.