Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (SOC1773224724)
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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis
Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM'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 SYSTEM 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 SYSTEM breach identified under incident ID SOC1773224724.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/social-security-system, the number of followers: 0, the industry type: Government Administration and the number of employees: 1479 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 842 and after the incident was 800 with a difference of -42 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 SYSTEM and their customers.
On 10 March 2026, Social Security Administration (SSA) disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Social Security Data Breach Probe Uncovers Alleged DOGE Employee Misconduct".
A whistleblower complaint has triggered an investigation by the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) inspector general, alleging that a former employee of the now-defunct Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) improperly accessed sensitive databases and planned to share...
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Two SSA databases, and exposing Personal information of every American with a Social Security number (SSN), including dates and places of birth, with nearly Potentially all U.S. citizens with an SSN 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 employee of the now-defunct Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Credentials In Files (T1552.005) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating improperly accessed sensitive databases containing SSN and birth details. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating access to two SSA databases containing highly sensitive details and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating dOGE staff uploaded Social Security data to the cloud. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating planned to share them with a new employer and Transfer Data to Cloud Account (T1537) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating dOGE staff uploaded Social Security data to the cloud. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating potential exposure of personal information of every American with an SSN. 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 SYSTEM Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/social-security-system/incident/SOC1773224724
- SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/social-security-system
- SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/soc1773224724-social-security-administration-breach-march-2026/
- SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/social-security-system/history
- SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-social-security-whistleblower-alleges-doge-worker-improperly-accessed-data-and-planned-to-share-it-d6100479?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcE04j9vpCKGUYHHA7pYs6UA_E3I0Zydhmi1q5Eb-iGZyYVadP2ZUVR&gaa_ts=69b14606&gaa_sig=d3HWinUD-EMeFv0i5rfPnMEhqkjArddkBuLCyTkmSHMwGyC-JoIxkIsUkO9-gXgwJak0D5b7km6LN79puxoFdQ%3D%3D
- 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