Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (SOC1773203381)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Social Security Organization, IRAN'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 Social Security Organization, IRAN 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 Social Security Organization, IRAN breach identified under incident ID SOC1773203381.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Social Security Organization, IRAN's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/social-security-organization, the number of followers: 1804, the industry type: Insurance and the number of employees: 1034 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 628 with a difference of -129 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 Social Security Organization, IRAN and their customers.
On 01 January 2026, Social Security Administration (SSA) disclosed Data Exfiltration issues under the banner "Former DOGE Engineer Accused of Exfiltrating Sensitive Social Security Data".
The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) inspector general is investigating allegations that a former Defense Operational and Geospatial Engineering (DOGE) Service employee accessed and removed highly sensitive agency databases, potentially compromising the personal data of...
The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Highly sensitive agency databases, with nearly 70 million records at risk.
Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.
The case underscores how Ongoing.
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 Valid Accounts (T1078) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating former Defense Operational and Geospatial Engineering (DOGE) Service employee. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files (T1552.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating accessed and removed highly sensitive agency databases. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating accessed and removed highly sensitive agency databases. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Physical Medium: Exfiltration over USB (T1052.001) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating transferred the data onto a thumb drive before leaving the agency and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating claimed to have taken the information to share with a private employer. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating unprecedented breach of security protocols and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating former employee with legitimate access. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating potentially compromising the personal data of over 70 million Americans. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Social Security Organization, IRAN Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/social-security-organization/incident/SOC1773203381
- Social Security Organization, IRAN CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/social-security-organization
- Social Security Organization, IRAN Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/soc1773203381-social-security-administration-breach-february-2025/
- Social Security Organization, IRAN CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/social-security-organization/history
- Social Security Organization, IRAN CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/10/social-security-data-breach-doge-2/
- 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