Planned Parenthood Federation of America Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (PLA3703637112125)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Planned Parenthood Federation of America breach identified under incident ID PLA3703637112125.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/planned-parenthood-federation-of-america, the number of followers: 106955, the industry type: Hospitals and Health Care and the number of employees: 6659 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 764 and after the incident was 711 with a difference of -53 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 Planned Parenthood Federation of America and their customers.

Planned Parenthood of Montana (Intermountain Planned Parenthood Inc.) recently reported "Planned Parenthood of Montana Data Breach (August 2024)", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

A cybercriminal gained unauthorized access to Planned Parenthood of Montana’s computer network in August 2024, potentially exposing sensitive personal and medical information belonging to patients.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Computer network, and exposing Personal information, Protected health information (PHI) and Medical records.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, and stakeholders are being briefed through Settlement notices sent to affected individuals; public settlement details provided.

The case underscores how Settled (no admission of wrongdoing), with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Settlement notices sent to affected individuals; public claim submission process established.

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 cybercriminal gained unauthorized access to its computer network (implies credential misuse or compromise) and External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to its computer network (remote exploitation likely). Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating compromised data included medical records, PHI, insurance IDs, HSA info. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol (T1048.003) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration such as Likely (alleged in lawsuit) and data sold on dark web such as Likely. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with lower confidence (10%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware such as null (low confidence; included due to healthcare targeting patterns), Data Destruction (T1495) with lower confidence (15%), supported by evidence indicating no explicit mention of destruction (included due to breach severity), and Inter-Process Communication (T1659) with lower confidence (20%), supported by evidence indicating computer network access (broad; possible lateral movement). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate to high confidence (75%), supported by evidence indicating high-value targets such as patient medical and personal data (implies credential harvesting for deeper access). Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Indicator Removal: File Deletion (T1070.004) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating no containment/remediation details (suggests possible log/trace cleanup) and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating no enhanced monitoring or segmentation mentioned post-breach (possible defense impairment). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.