Wakefield & Associates, a P.C. Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (WAK1792617110825)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Wakefield & Associates, a P.C. breach identified under incident ID WAK1792617110825.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Wakefield & Associates, a P.C.'s information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wakefield-associates-a-p-c, the number of followers: 36, the industry type: Law Practice and the number of employees: 12 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 755 and after the incident was 645 with a difference of -110 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 Wakefield & Associates, a P.C. and their customers.

On 07 November 2025, Wakefield & Associates, LLC disclosed Data Breach and Ransomware Attack issues under the banner "Wakefield & Associates, LLC Data Breach and Ransomware Attack".

Wakefield & Associates, LLC, a revenue cycle management company specializing in healthcare and medical debt collection, experienced a ransomware attack by the Akira group.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Names, Collection account information and Social Security numbers.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, and stakeholders are being briefed through Written notifications to affected individuals.

The case underscores how Ongoing (class action investigation by Shamis & Gentile P.A.), and recommending next steps like Monitor account statements, credit reports, and explanation of benefits for suspicious activity, Place a fraud alert or credit freeze on credit files (free under U.S. law) and File a police report if identity theft or fraud is suspected, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Written notifications sent to affected individuals.

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 Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts (T1078.004) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating unauthorized access to the companys network occurred on or before January 17, 2025 and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack by the Akira group (common Akira TTP such as exploiting VPNs/remote services). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating akira ransomware (known for LSASS dumping to escalate privileges) and Credentials from Password Stores (T1555) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating 13 GB of sensitive data exfiltrated (suggests lateral movement via credential theft). Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Indicator Removal: File Deletion (T1070.004) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating data exfiltrated and later posted on dark web (Feb 2025) (delayed detection suggests log tampering) and Impair Defenses: Disable/Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating discovered in September 2025 (8-month dwell time implies defense impairment). Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol: Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol (T1048.003) with high confidence (95%), supported by evidence indicating 13 GB of sensitive data exfiltrated and posted on dark web (Feb 11, 2025) and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating akira ransomware (known for automated data staging/exfiltration tools). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with high confidence (99%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack by Akira and data encryption such as Yes and Data Destruction (T1485) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating attack threatening the organizations existence (implies operational disruption). Under the Lateral Movement tactic, the analysis identified Remote Services: Remote Desktop Protocol (T1021.001) with moderate to high confidence (75%), supported by evidence indicating eight nationwide locations (suggests internal network traversal for data aggregation). Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating pII, financial data, health records (targeted high-value data collection) and Data from Network Shared Drive (T1039) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating 13 GB of sensitive data (suggests bulk collection from shared repositories). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.