Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (SUN1765305594)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the SUNY Niagara breach identified under incident ID SUN1765305594.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of SUNY Niagara's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunyniagara, the number of followers: 14350, the industry type: Higher Education and the number of employees: 135 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 770 and after the incident was 674 with a difference of -96 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 SUNY Niagara and their customers.

State University of New York at Niagara (SUNY Niagara) recently reported "SUNY Niagara Data Breach Class Action", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

State University of New York at Niagara faces a proposed class action alleging it negligently failed to protect the personal information of more than 10,000 students that was exposed in a 2024 data breach.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Personal information of students, with nearly 10,000+ records at risk.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

Overall, the incident is a reminder of why proactive monitoring and strong governance matter.

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.