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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (NIRWES1778776360)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-163
Company Score Before Incident758 / 1000
Company Score After Incident595 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERNIRWES1778776360
Type of Cyber IncidentRansomware
ATTACK VECTORUnauthorized network access
DATA EXPOSED1.7 TB
INCIDENT DATE16/09/2025
STATUSOngoing

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Nirschl Orthopaedic Center's Ransomware 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 Nirschl Orthopaedic Center 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 Nirschl Orthopaedic Center breach identified under incident ID NIRWES1778776360.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Nirschl Orthopaedic Center's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nirschl-orthopaedic-center, the number of followers: 87, the industry type: Medical Practices and the number of employees: 35 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 758 and after the incident was 595 with a difference of -163 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 Nirschl Orthopaedic Center and their customers.

On 02 October 2025, Western Orthopaedics disclosed Data Breach, Ransomware issues under the banner "Western Orthopaedics Data Breach Affecting 113,000 Patients".

Western Orthopaedics, a Colorado-based orthopedic clinic, confirmed a September 2025 data breach exposing sensitive personal and medical information of 113,330 individuals.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Network systems, and exposing 1.7 TB, with nearly 113,330 records at risk.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public disclosure, offering free credit monitoring.

The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Free credit monitoring and identity theft protection offered 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.

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 unauthorized third party accessed its network between September 17 and 25 and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized network access suggests possible compromised credentials. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating high sensitivity data (SSNs, credit cards) accessed implies credential theft and Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating network access led to exfiltration of 1.7 TB of data. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Account Discovery (T1087) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating compromised data includes names, SSNs, and medical records and File and Directory Discovery (T1083) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 1.7 TB of data exfiltrated suggests extensive discovery phase. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating names, SSNs, credit cards, medical records compromised and Data from Network Shared Drive (T1039) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 1.7 TB of data stolen from network systems. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating pEAR group claimed responsibility for stealing 1.7 TB of data and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data published by ransomware group suggests web-based exfiltration. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1471) with lower confidence (20%), supported by evidence indicating pEAR focuses on data theft rather than encryption, Defacement (T1491) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no evidence of defacement, but data leak impacts reputation, and Financial Theft (T1657) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating credit/debit card numbers and financial account details compromised. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Exploit Public-Facing Application (50%)
Valid Accounts (60%)
Credential Access
OS Credential Dumping (70%)
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (50%)
Discovery
Account Discovery (70%)
File and Directory Discovery (80%)
Collection
Data from Local System (90%)
Data from Network Shared Drive (80%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (90%)
Exfiltration Over Web Service (70%)
Impact
Data Encrypted for Impact (20%)
Defacement (30%)
Financial Theft (80%)

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