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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (NOVDEL1769009352)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-89
Company Score Before Incident766 / 1000
Company Score After Incident677 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERNOVDEL1769009352
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORVendor Account Compromise, Email Compromise, Unauthorized Access
DATA EXPOSED55.7 million individuals (year to...
INCIDENT DATE15/06/2018
STATUSOngoing (backlog from government shutdown)

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Novitas Solutions, Inc.'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 Novitas Solutions, Inc. 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 Novitas Solutions, Inc. breach identified under incident ID NOVDEL1769009352.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Novitas Solutions, Inc.'s information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/novitas-solutions-inc, the number of followers: 8599, the industry type: Hospitals and Health Care and the number of employees: 1008 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 766 and after the incident was 677 with a difference of -89 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 Novitas Solutions, Inc. and their customers.

On 20 January 2026, VITAS Hospice Services disclosed Data Breach, Hacking/IT Incident and Ransomware issues under the banner "November 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report".

November 2025 marked a notable drop in reported healthcare data breaches, with just 32 incidents affecting 500 or more individuals submitted to the U.S.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing 55.7 million individuals (year to date), with nearly 1.4 million (November 2025) records at risk.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how Ongoing (backlog from government shutdown), teams are taking away lessons such as Unreported incidents from the shutdown period and ongoing ransomware threats could reverse the trend in coming months.

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 Trusted Relationship (T1199) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating vendor account compromise led to unauthorized access affecting 320,000 patients and Phishing: Spearphishing Link (T1566.002) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating email compromises were involved in 19% of hacking incidents. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Steal Application Access Token (T1528) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating vendor account compromise led to unauthorized access and Brute Force: Password Guessing (T1110.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access/disclosure made up 15.6% of breaches. Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation of Remote Services (T1210) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating hacking/IT incidents dominated, accounting for 78% of breaches. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating patient records and personally identifiable information compromised and Data from Network Shared Drive (T1039) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating business associates reported 7 breaches impacting 419,716 individuals. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration confirmed in ransomware cases (Qilin, INC Ransom, Pear) and Exfiltration Over Web Service: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage (T1567.002) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating 1.4 million patients impacted in November 2025. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware strains (Qilin, INC Ransom, SafePay) involved in attacks and Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware groups like Pear focus on data theft and extortion. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating vendor account compromise used for initial access and Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories (T1564.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware remains a critical threat with evolving tactics. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Trusted Relationship (90%)
Phishing: Spearphishing Link (80%)
Credential Access
Steal Application Access Token (70%)
Brute Force: Password Guessing (50%)
Lateral Movement
Exploitation of Remote Services (60%)
Collection
Data from Local System (90%)
Data from Network Shared Drive (70%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (90%)
Exfiltration Over Web Service: Exfiltration to Cloud Storage (60%)
Impact
Data Encrypted for Impact (70%)
Defacement: Internal Defacement (40%)
Defense Evasion
Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (80%)
Hide Artifacts: Hidden Files and Directories (50%)

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