Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (PEN1002110111525)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General breach identified under incident ID PEN1002110111525.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pennsylvania-office-of-attorney-general, the number of followers: 6864, the industry type: Law Enforcement and the number of employees: 802 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 234 and after the incident was 165 with a difference of -69 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 Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and their customers.

On 14 November 2023, Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Data Breach at Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office".

The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office disclosed a data breach that leaked an unknown number of individuals' personal information, including social security numbers and medical records.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing names, social security numbers and medical information, with nearly Unknown records at risk.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public statement and direct notifications to potential victims on 2023-11-14; advisory on protective measures provided.

The case underscores how Ongoing (FBI investigating; no evidence of data misuse as of disclosure), and recommending next steps like Monitor financial accounts for suspicious activity (e.g., unauthorized transactions, new accounts), Request free credit reports annually from www.annualcreditreport.com or via 1-877-322-8228 and Follow FTC guidelines for identity theft protection (available at ftc.gov/idtheft), with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Notifications sent to potential victims on 2023-11-14 with protective measures.

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 Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to systems holding PII/PHI (no specific vector detailed) and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating critical vulnerabilities in safeguarding PII/health data (implied weak public-facing systems). Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating accessed without authorization PII/PHI (SSNs, medical records, names). Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating data was accessed without authorization and confirmed in leak (implied exfiltration). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data from Cloud Storage Object (T1598) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating protected health information (PHI) and PII exposure (possible cloud storage involvement) and Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (10%), supported by evidence indicating no evidence of misuse (low-confidence placeholder; no direct evidence of destruction). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating critical vulnerabilities in safeguarding PII (possible weak credential storage). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.