Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (WESSHARAMSHA1787891249)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Ramsey Bros's Ransomware 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 Ramsey Bros 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 Ramsey Bros breach identified under incident ID WESSHARAMSHA1787891249.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Ramsey Bros's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ramseybros, the number of followers: 541, the industry type: Machinery Manufacturing and the number of employees: 35 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 639 and after the incident was 466 with a difference of -173 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 Ramsey Bros and their customers.
On 23 August 2024, Sharp Motor Group disclosed Ransomware issues under the banner "Storm Ransomware Group Targets Sharp Motor Group".
The Storm ransomware group has claimed Sharp Motor Group as its fourth Australian victim, listing it on its leak site on 23 August.
The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Employee passport and driver's license scans, financial records, customer invoices, login credentials.
In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public statement emphasizing customer and staff privacy as top priority.
The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Public statement regarding the incident and prioritization of privacy.
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 Supply Chain Compromise: Compromise Software Supply Chain (T1195.002) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including third-party IT provider was compromised, and supply chain attacks, where cybercriminals exploit vulnerabilities in third-party vendors. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating login credentials included in stolen data samples and Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating login credentials included in stolen data samples. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating employee passport and driver’s license scans, financial records, customer invoices compromised and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating financial records, customer invoices compromised via third-party IT provider. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including storm ransomware group has released samples of stolen data, and threatened to publish the entire dataset. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including type such as Ransomware, and storm ransomware group listed victim on leak site and Defacement: External Defacement (T1491.002) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating storm ransomware group listed victim on leak site with data samples. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating compromised third-party IT provider likely used valid accounts and Hide Artifacts: Hidden Window (T1564.003) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware operation avoids detection during initial access. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Ramsey Bros Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ramseybros/incident/WESSHARAMSHA1787891249
- Ramsey Bros CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ramseybros
- Ramsey Bros Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/wessharamsha1787891249-westco-motors-cairns-ramsey-bros-sharp-motor-group-sharp-motor-groups-third-party-it-provider-ransomware-august-2026/
- Ramsey Bros CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ramseybros/history
- Ramsey Bros CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/14111-exclusive-sharp-motor-group-confirms-third-party-cyber-incident-in-wake-of-ransomware-claims
- Rankiteo A.I CyberSecurity Rating methodology: https://www.rankiteo.com/Images/rankiteo_algo.pdf
- Rankiteo TPRM Scoring methodology: https://static.rankiteo.com/model/rankiteo_tprm_methodology.pdf