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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ROC1776126219)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-78
Company Score Before Incident757 / 1000
Company Score After Incident679 / 1000
Company LinkView Rockstar Games Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERROC1776126219
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDMillions of business records
INCIDENT DATE04/12/2023
STATUSUnder investigation

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Rockstar Games'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 Rockstar Games 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 Rockstar Games breach identified under incident ID ROC1776126219.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Rockstar Games's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rockstar-games, the number of followers: 770003, the industry type: Computer Games and the number of employees: 5138 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 757 and after the incident was 679 with a difference of -78 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 Rockstar Games and their customers.

On 05 December 2023, Rockstar Games disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Rockstar Games Suffers Major Data Breach: Millions of Business Records Stolen".

On December 5, 2023, a hacking group claimed responsibility for stealing millions of business records from Rockstar Games, the developer behind the *Grand Theft Auto* franchise.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Millions of business records, with nearly Millions records at risk.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how Under investigation.

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating breach reportedly exposed sensitive internal data and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating hacking group claimed responsibility for stealing millions of records. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive internal data exposed, full scope not disclosed and Brute Force (T1110) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating hacking group claimed responsibility, no details on access method. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating millions of business records stolen, sensitive internal data exposed and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating proprietary and customer-related information compromised. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltration confirmed, millions of records stolen and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating hacking group claimed responsibility, no exfiltration method disclosed. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating breach remains under investigation, no details on data integrity and Defacement (T1491) with lower confidence (20%), supported by evidence indicating no details on public disclosure of stolen data. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Exploit Public-Facing Application (50%)
Valid Accounts (60%)
Credential Access
Unsecured Credentials (50%)
Brute Force (40%)
Collection
Data from Local System (80%)
Data from Information Repositories (70%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (80%)
Exfiltration Over Web Service (60%)
Impact
Data Destruction (30%)
Defacement (20%)

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