Refresco Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (REF2650626110725)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Refresco breach identified under incident ID REF2650626110725.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Refresco's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/refresco, the number of followers: 103373, the industry type: Food and Beverage Services and the number of employees: 6234 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 779 and after the incident was 715 with a difference of -64 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 Refresco and their customers.

Refresco Beverages US Inc. recently reported "Refresco Beverages US Inc. Data Breach (March 2023)", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

An unauthorized party accessed Refresco Beverages US Inc.'s computer network in March 2023, potentially exposing sensitive personal information of current and former employees.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Computer network, and exposing Names, Dates of birth and Social Security numbers, plus an estimated financial loss of {'settlement_amount': '$650,000', 'attorneys_fees': '$216,666.67', 'administration_costs': 'To be determined', 'claimant_payouts': 'Remaining funds after deductions'}.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Notice letters sent to affected individuals (November 2023).

The case underscores how Settled (class action lawsuit resolved), with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Notice letters sent to affected employees (November 2023).

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 party accessed its computer network (implies possible abuse of valid credentials) and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating vulnerabilities in the company’s cybersecurity measures (unspecified but suggests potential exploit). Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating compromised names, SSNs, financial account numbers, health insurance policy numbers, health info. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating data accessed by unauthorized party (exfiltration strongly implied by PII/PHI exposure). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with lower confidence (5%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware such as null (excluded; no evidence of encryption) and Resource Hijacking (T1496) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating identity theft risk such as High (SSNs, financial data exposed) (misuse of stolen data). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating alleged failure to adequately safeguard sensitive personal information (implies poor credential hygiene). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.