Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (SCH1782938287)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Schuster Co'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 Schuster Co 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 Schuster Co breach identified under incident ID SCH1782938287.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Schuster Co's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/schuster-co, the number of followers: 5, the industry type: Machinery Manufacturing and the number of employees: 1 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 752 and after the incident was 673 with a difference of -79 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 Schuster Co and their customers.
On 01 January 2024, Schuster Co. disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Schuster Co. Data Breach Settlement".
A class action settlement has been reached following a January 2024 data breach at Schuster Co., which exposed sensitive personal information including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and driver’s license or state ID numbers of U.S.
The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license or state ID numbers, plus an estimated financial loss of $21,000 (administration costs) + up to $140,000 (attorneys’ fees) + $6,000 (service awards) + remaining funds for class member payments.
In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Breach notifications sent to affected individuals.
The case underscores how Settlement reached, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Breach notifications sent to affected individuals with compensation options.
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 vulnerability exploited such as Inadequate data security measures and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating alleged failure to secure personal data implies possible account misuse. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating inadequate data security measures led to exposure of PII and Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating names, SSNs, DOBs, and state ID 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 information including SSNs and DOBs exposed. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data breach exposed PII of U.S. residents and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating no details on exfiltration method, but PII was compromised. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating alleged failure to secure data may imply tampering and Data Manipulation: Transmitted Data Manipulation (T1565.002) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no evidence of manipulation, but PII exposure creates risk. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Schuster Co Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/schuster-co/incident/SCH1782938287
- Schuster Co CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/schuster-co
- Schuster Co Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/sch1782938287-schuster-co-breach-january-2024/
- Schuster Co CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/schuster-co/history
- Schuster Co CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.claimdepot.com/settlements/schuster-data-incident
- 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