Apollo Education Group Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (APO1764771057)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Apollo Education Group breach identified under incident ID APO1764771057.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Apollo Education Group's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apollo-group, the number of followers: 40639, the industry type: Higher Education and the number of employees: 10228 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 786 and after the incident was 714 with a difference of -72 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 Apollo Education Group and their customers.

On 26 November 2025, University of Phoenix disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "University of Phoenix Data Breach via Oracle E-Business Suite Zero-Day Exploit".

The University of Phoenix (UoPX) was breached in a Clop data theft campaign targeting vulnerable Oracle E-Business Suite instances in August 2025.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) financial application, and exposing Sensitive personal and financial information.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Disclosure on official website and SEC filing (8-K form).

The case underscores how Ongoing, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Affected individuals will receive a letter via US Mail outlining the details of the incident and next steps.

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 high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) financial application. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating attackers exploited... to steal a wide range of sensitive personal and financial information and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating clop data theft campaign targeting vulnerable Oracle E-Business Suite instances. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating clop ransomware group (data exfiltration confirmed, encryption not mentioned) and Data Manipulation: Transmitted Data Manipulation (T1565.002) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating data theft and extortion (manipulation not confirmed). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials: Network Device Configuration (T1552.008) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating oracle E-Business Suite financial application (implied access to stored credentials). Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Defense Evasion (T1211) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating exploited a zero-day vulnerability (unpatched, likely undetected initially). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.