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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (PLA1780946157)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-95
Company Score Before Incident758 / 1000
Company Score After Incident663 / 1000
Company LinkView Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc. Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERPLA1780946157
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORUnauthorized access to an employee’s computer
DATA EXPOSEDPersonal Identifiable Information (PII)
INCIDENT DATE11/09/2025
STATUSOngoing

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Plaza Home Mortgage, 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 Plaza Home Mortgage, 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 Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc. breach identified under incident ID PLA1780946157.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc.'s information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plaza-home-mortgage, the number of followers: 14848, the industry type: Financial Services and the number of employees: 677 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 663 with a difference of -95 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 Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc. and their customers.

On 29 May 2024, Plaza Home Mortgage disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Plaza Home Mortgage Data Breach Affecting 138,000".

Plaza Home Mortgage, a San Diego-based wholesale and correspondent lender, is facing class action lawsuits following a cybersecurity incident that exposed the personal identifiable information (PII) of 137,976 consumers and employees.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Employee computer, and exposing Personal Identifiable Information (PII), with nearly 137,976 records at risk.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Delayed disclosure (nearly three months after detection).

The case underscores how Ongoing, and recommending next steps like Court-ordered third-party audits to ensure future compliance with security standards, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Notification to affected parties on May 29, 2024.

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 Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to an employee’s computer and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating alleged inadequate cybersecurity measures. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating personal Identifiable Information (PII) of 137,976 exposed and Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to an employee’s computer. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating pII compromised via unauthorized access to employee computer. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 137,976 records exposed; threat actor SilentRansomGroup involved. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating class action lawsuits allege reckless handling of PII and Data Manipulation: Transmitted Data Manipulation (T1565.002) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating threat actor SilentRansomGroup denied ransomware but accessed data. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Indicator Removal: Clear Windows Event Logs (T1070.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating breach occurred as early as September 2023 but detected March 2024 and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating alleged inadequate cybersecurity measures. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Valid Accounts (80%)
Exploit Public-Facing Application (30%)
Credential Access
OS Credential Dumping (60%)
Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (50%)
Collection
Data from Local System (90%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (70%)
Impact
Data Destruction (40%)
Data Manipulation: Transmitted Data Manipulation (30%)
Defense Evasion
Indicator Removal: Clear Windows Event Logs (50%)
Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (40%)

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