Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (SSA1776162724)
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Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis
- Timeline of SSA México S.A. de C.V.'s Cyber Attack 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 SSA México S.A. de C.V. 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 SSA México S.A. de C.V. breach identified under incident ID SSA1776162724.
The analysis begins with a detailed overview of SSA México S.A. de C.V.'s information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ssamarinemexico, the number of followers: 19347, the industry type: Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage and the number of employees: 934 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 755 and after the incident was 733 with a difference of -22 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 SSA México S.A. de C.V. and their customers.
On 14 April 2026, Administration of the Port of Manzanillo (ASIPONA) disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Cyberattack Exposes Sensitive Data of 640,000 Mexican Port Personnel".
A cyberattack on Mexico’s *Safe Smart Port (PIS)* platform managed by the Ministry of the Navy exposed 39.7GB of sensitive data belonging to approximately 640,000 logistics personnel.
The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Safe Smart Port (PIS) platform, and exposing 39.7GB of sensitive data, with nearly 640,000 records at risk.
In response, teams activated the incident response plan, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Temporary server access restrictions, credential updates, disabled external database connections, and began remediation that includes Password resets for PIS users, ongoing monitoring, while recovery efforts such as Restored operations, claimed normal functionality continue, and stakeholders are being briefed through Limited (directives to port users, no public statements from 17 port administrations or navy).
The case underscores how Ongoing, teams are taking away lessons such as The attack underscores Mexico’s escalating cybersecurity crisis and the need for improved security measures in critical infrastructure, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Navy-issued directives to reset PIS passwords.
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 (60%), with evidence including infiltrated the system earlier this month, and safe Smart Port (PIS) platform managed by the Ministry of the Navy and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (50%), with evidence including credential updates, disabled external database connections, and password resets for PIS users. 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 exposed 39.7GB of sensitive data...official IDs, social security numbers and OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating biometric records, facial photos of workers authorized to access. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating 39.7GB of sensitive data...biometric records, official IDs, social security numbers and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating safe Smart Port (PIS) platform contained data on blacklisted individuals. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 39.7GB of sensitive data belonging to approximately 640,000 logistics personnel and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating first reported by a cybercrime journalist (social media disclosure). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Defacement (T1491) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating temporarily restricting server access, updating credentials and Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating fake credential creation, extortion, and operational disruptions. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating disabling external database connections, ongoing monitoring and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating temporarily restricting server access, disabled external database connections. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.
Sources & References
- SSA México S.A. de C.V. Rankiteo Cyber Incident Details: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ssamarinemexico/incident/SSA1776162724
- SSA México S.A. de C.V. CyberSecurity Rating page: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ssamarinemexico
- SSA México S.A. de C.V. Rankiteo Cyber Incident Blog Article: https://blog.rankiteo.com/ssa1776162724-administration-of-the-port-of-manzanillo-cyber-attack-april-2026/
- SSA México S.A. de C.V. CyberSecurity Score History: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ssamarinemexico/history
- SSA México S.A. de C.V. CyberSecurity Incident Source: https://theloadstar.com/risk-of-fraud-and-disruption-after-data-breach-on-mexico-port-platform/
- 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