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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (ROC1780072449)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-128
Company Score Before Incident735 / 1000
Company Score After Incident607 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERROC1780072449
Type of Cyber IncidentRansomware
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDSensitive personal data including Social...
INCIDENT DATE20/10/2025
STATUSOngoing

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra'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 Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra 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 Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra breach identified under incident ID ROC1780072449.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rocphils, the number of followers: 2473, the industry type: Musicians and the number of employees: 129 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 735 and after the incident was 607 with a difference of -128 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 Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and their customers.

On 25 November 2025, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra disclosed Ransomware issues under the banner "Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Hit by Akira Ransomware Attack, Exposing Sensitive Data".

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), a century-old cultural institution based in Rochester, New York, suffered a significant data breach following a ransomware attack by the cybercriminal group Akira.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Servers and network, and exposing Sensitive personal data including Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, health insurance details, medical records, and passport numbers, with nearly 1726 records at risk.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Written notifications sent to impacted individuals on May 27, 2026.

The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Written notifications sent to impacted individuals on May 27, 2026.

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 unusual activity on orchestra’s servers prompted investigation and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to parts of the network confirmed. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack by the cybercriminal group Akira. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers compromised. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive personal data...compromised via orchestra’s servers and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating medical records, health insurance details exposed. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating akira posted details of the breach on the dark web and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating data breach affecting 1,726 individuals. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack by Akira. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating unusual activity detected only after investigation and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating independent cybersecurity experts involved post-detection. 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%)
Execution
User Execution: Malicious File (70%)
Credential Access
OS Credential Dumping (60%)
Collection
Data from Local System (80%)
Data from Information Repositories (70%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (80%)
Transfer Data to Cloud Account (50%)
Impact
Data Encrypted for Impact (90%)
Defense Evasion
Obfuscated Files or Information (60%)
Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (50%)

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