Richmond Behavioral Health Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (RIC1765994552)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Richmond Behavioral Health breach identified under incident ID RIC1765994552.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Richmond Behavioral Health's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/richmond-behavioral-health-authority, the number of followers: 3093, the industry type: Hospitals and Health Care and the number of employees: 513 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 628 with a difference of -136 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 Richmond Behavioral Health and their customers.

On 28 November 2025, Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) disclosed Ransomware Attack issues under the banner "Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) Data Security Incident".

Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) experienced a significant data security incident that exposed personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) of at least 113,232 individuals in the United States.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Portions of RBHA’s network, and exposing Personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI), with nearly 113,232 records at risk.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Terminated unauthorized access, and began remediation that includes Secured personal information and protected network from further compromise, and stakeholders are being briefed through Notice of Data Breach on website, mailed notifications to affected individuals.

The case underscores how Ongoing, and recommending next steps like Monitor bank and credit card accounts for unauthorized transactions, Obtain and review free credit reports from major credit bureaus and Consider placing a fraud alert or credit freeze on credit files, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Dedicated toll-free hotline (844-572-2716) for affected individuals.

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating malicious actors breached RBHA’s network and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to RBHA’s network (implied). Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating deployed ransomware that encrypted portions of the organization’s systems. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware encrypted portions of RBHA’s systems. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating could not rule out possibility of data access/misuse. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating breach exposed PII/SSNs (implied credential risk). Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware deployment (commonly obfuscated). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.