Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (SOU1772052507)
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Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of Southwest Care Center (SCC)'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 Southwest Care Center (SCC) 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 Southwest Care Center (SCC) breach identified under incident ID SOU1772052507.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Southwest Care Center (SCC)'s information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/southwest-care-center, the number of followers: 815, the industry type: Medical Practices and the number of employees: 92 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 600 and after the incident was 431 with a difference of -169 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 Southwest Care Center (SCC) and their customers.
On 27 June 2025, Southwest Care Center disclosed Ransomware issues under the banner "Southwest Care Center Hit by MEDUSA Ransomware Attack, Exposing Sensitive Patient Data".
Southwest Care Center, a New Mexico-based nonprofit healthcare provider, disclosed a ransomware attack that compromised sensitive patient data.
The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing 143.9 GB of stolen data.
In response, teams activated the incident response plan, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Systems secured, and stakeholders are being briefed through Written letters to affected individuals, public notice on website.
The case underscores how Completed, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Written letters to affected individuals, public notice on website.
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 attack detected on June 3, 2025; no specific vector disclosed and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access may have exposed PII/PHI; implies account misuse. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating mEDUSA ransomware group claimed responsibility for attack. Under the Persistence tactic, the analysis identified Account Manipulation (T1098) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access persisted until systems were secured. Under the Privilege Escalation tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating access to PII/PHI suggests elevated privileges obtained. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Obfuscated Files or Information (T1027) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating mEDUSA ransomware group known for evasion tactics and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating forensic specialists engaged to secure systems post-detection. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating pII/PHI accessed; implies credential harvesting. Under the Discovery tactic, the analysis identified Account Discovery (T1087) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating medical records and personal details targeted and File and Directory Discovery (T1083) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 143.9 GB of data exfiltrated; implies extensive discovery. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating pII/PHI including names, personal details, medical records compromised and Data from Network Shared Drive (T1039) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating healthcare provider with multiple clinics; likely shared drives. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 143.9 GB of data threatened to be published on dark web and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating mEDUSA group posted details on Tor network. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating mEDUSA ransomware attack; typical ransomware encryption impact and Defacement (T1491) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating public notice posted on organization’s website post-breach. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- Southwest Care Center (SCC) Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/southwest-care-center/incident/SOU1772052507
- Southwest Care Center (SCC) CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/southwest-care-center
- Southwest Care Center (SCC) Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/sou1772052507-southwest-care-center-ransomware-february-2026/
- Southwest Care Center (SCC) CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/southwest-care-center/history
- Southwest Care Center (SCC) CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://www.claimdepot.com/investigations/southwest-care-center-data-breach-2026
- 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