Sony Interactive Entertainment Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (SON1767441984)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Sony Interactive Entertainment breach identified under incident ID SON1767441984.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Sony Interactive Entertainment's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sony-interactive-entertainment-llc, the number of followers: 211474, the industry type: Entertainment Providers and the number of employees: 8118 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 749 and after the incident was 745 with a difference of -4 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 Sony Interactive Entertainment and their customers.

Sony Interactive Entertainment recently reported "PlayStation 5 BootROM Keys Leaked, Enabling Permanent Jailbreak and Piracy Risks", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Hackers have extracted the BootROM (Level 0) keys for the PlayStation 5, enabling decryption of the bootloader and allowing control over software execution on the console.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting PlayStation 5 consoles, and exposing BootROM keys.

In response, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Potential legal action against leakers and hack developers, and began remediation that includes Possible hardware revision (e.g., PlayStation 5 Pro or new PS5 model).

The case underscores how teams are taking away lessons such as BootROM security is critical for preventing unauthorized system access. Hardware revisions may be necessary to mitigate long-term risks, and recommending next steps like Monitor and ban cracked consoles/accounts from PlayStation Network, Consider hardware revisions to address BootROM vulnerabilities and Strengthen legal actions against leakers and hack developers.

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.

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 Exploitation of Remote Services (T1210) with moderate to high confidence (70%), with evidence including exploitation of BootROM vulnerability, and enabling decryption of the bootloader. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Pre-OS Boot: System Firmware (T1542.001) with high confidence (90%), with evidence including bootROM (Level 0) keys extracted, and enabling permanent jailbreaks and custom firmware. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), with evidence including full control over software execution, and custom firmware and unlicensed backups and Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence (T1070.009) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating potential bans for cracked consoles/accounts on PlayStation Network. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Endpoint Denial of Service: Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized software distribution risks and Defacement: Internal Defacement (T1491.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating custom firmware enabling unauthorized modifications. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.