U.S. Army DEVCOM Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (USA1768516767)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the U.S. Army DEVCOM breach identified under incident ID USA1768516767.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of U.S. Army DEVCOM's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usarmydevcom, the number of followers: 26439, the industry type: Government Relations Services and the number of employees: 510 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 754 and after the incident was 737 with a difference of -17 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 U.S. Army DEVCOM and their customers.

On 03 January 2025, Venezuela's electricity grid disclosed Cyberattack issues under the banner "U.S. Military Cyberattack on Venezuela's Electricity Grid".

A grid outage timed to coincide with a Jan.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting Electricity grid, radar systems.

In response, while recovery efforts such as Ability to reinitiate grid operations when convenient continue.

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.

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 Supply Chain Compromise (T1195) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating grid outage timed to coincide with a Jan. 3 U.S. military operation and Content Injection (T1659) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating deployed cyber weapons against the electricity grid. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating cyber weapons...to interfere with radar and Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating deployed cyber weapons against the electricity grid. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Manipulation: Stored Data Manipulation (T1565.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating grid blackout, radar interference and System Shutdown/Reboot (T1529) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating grid blackout...ability to reinitiate grid operations when convenient. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating interfere with radar and Indicator Removal: Clear Windows Event Logs (T1070.001) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating no details on cyber weapons origin or methods. Under the Command and Control tactic, the analysis identified Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols (T1071.001) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating cyber weapons deployed...ability to reinitiate grid operations. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.