The British Museum Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (STATHETHE1769181734)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the The British Museum breach identified under incident ID STATHETHE1769181734.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of The British Museum's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-british-museum, the number of followers: 208838, the industry type: Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos and the number of employees: 1278 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 775 and after the incident was 748 with a difference of -27 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 The British Museum and their customers.

On 20 October 2023, Dresden State Art Collections (SKD) disclosed Cyberattack issues under the banner "Cyberattack Disrupts Germany’s Dresden State Art Collections".

Germany’s Dresden State Art Collections (SKD), one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious museum networks, has fallen victim to a targeted cyberattack, severely disrupting its digital operations.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting online ticket sales, visitor services and museum shop.

Formal response steps have not been shared publicly yet.

The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Pre-purchased tickets remain valid; museums remain open to the public.

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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), with evidence including severely disrupting its digital operations, and online ticket sales...crippled and External Remote Services (T1133) with moderate confidence (50%), with evidence including visitor services and museum shop disrupted, and digital operations impacted. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Service Stop (T1489) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating online ticket sales, visitor services, and museum shop crippled and Defacement (T1491) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating digital operations severely disrupted. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with lower confidence (40%), with evidence including targeted cyberattack, and attackers identities or motives not disclosed. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Disabling Security Tools (T1089) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating security systems protecting the collections unaffected. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.