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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (TAT1786447105)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-35
Company Score Before Incident819 / 1000
Company Score After Incident784 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERTAT1786447105
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDBasic employee details
INCIDENT DATE10/08/2022
STATUSOngoing

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of Tata Consultancy Services'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 Tata Consultancy Services 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 Tata Consultancy Services breach identified under incident ID TAT1786447105.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Tata Consultancy Services's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tata-consultancy-services, the number of followers: 19173412, the industry type: IT Services and IT Consulting and the number of employees: 717299 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 819 and after the incident was 784 with a difference of -35 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 Tata Consultancy Services and their customers.

On 11 August 2026, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) disclosed Data Exposure issues under the banner "TCS Reports Alleged Exposure of Employee Data".

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) disclosed that it had received alerts regarding the potential exposure of employee-related data, which appears to be over four years old and limited to basic employee details.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Basic employee details.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public disclosure.

The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering No customer data affected.

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 Compromise Accounts (T1586) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating potential exposure of employee-related data and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating no details on the source of the alerts or attack vector. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating basic employee details exposed, over four years old. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating employee-related data appears to be over four years old. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating potential exposure of employee-related data and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating no details on the nature of the exposure. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no details on the nature of the exposure. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Compromise Accounts (50%)
Exploit Public-Facing Application (40%)
Credential Access
Unsecured Credentials (60%)
Collection
Data from Local System (70%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (50%)
Exfiltration Over Web Service (40%)
Impact
Data Destruction (30%)

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