Prospect union Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (PRO1766066620)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Prospect union breach identified under incident ID PRO1766066620.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Prospect union's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/prospect_3, the number of followers: 4220, the industry type: Civic and Social Organizations and the number of employees: 223 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 763 and after the incident was 698 with a difference of -65 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 Prospect union and their customers.

Prospect Custodian Trustees Ltd recently reported "Data Breach at Prospect Custodian Trustees Ltd", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

An investigation has been launched into a data breach at a trade union expected to have impacted thousands of members across the Channel Islands.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Personal information, financial data, trade union membership, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how Ongoing.

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 breach compromised personal information, financial data, and sensitive records and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating investigation assessing whether Prospect implemented adequate safeguards. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating high sensitivity of data suggests potential credential exposure. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data breach exposed sensitive personal and financial information and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating thousands of members impacted, implying bulk data extraction. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating investigation assessing potential harm to affected individuals and Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating no ransomware details, but encryption status unclear. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.