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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (WEBNIN1781850386)

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Rankiteo Incident Impact-71
Company Score Before Incident768 / 1000
Company Score After Incident697 / 1000
INCIDENT NUMBERWEBNIN1781850386
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORThird-Party Service Provider (TINYpulse)
DATA EXPOSEDEmployee personal details (names, email...
INCIDENT DATE30/09/2025
STATUSOngoing

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of WebMD Health 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 WebMD Health 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 WebMD Health Services breach identified under incident ID WEBNIN1781850386.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of WebMD Health Services's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/webmd-health-services, the number of followers: 18364, the industry type: Wellness and Fitness Services and the number of employees: 590 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 768 and after the incident was 697 with a difference of -71 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 WebMD Health Services and their customers.

Nintendo of America recently reported "Nintendo of America Data Breach via Third-Party Survey Provider TINYpulse", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

Nintendo of America has acknowledged a data security incident involving TINYpulse, a third-party anonymous employee survey service owned by WebMD Health Services.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting TINYpulse (third-party survey provider), and exposing Employee personal details (names, email addresses, bank statements, W-9 forms, progress reports, survey analytics, employee conversations).

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Public acknowledgment of the breach.

The case underscores how Ongoing, teams are taking away lessons such as Highlights risks associated with third-party service providers in corporate data security.

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 Supply Chain Compromise: Compromise Software Supply Chain (T1195.002) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating breach involving TINYpulse, a third-party anonymous employee survey service. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Steal Application Access Token (T1528) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating third-party survey service owned by WebMD Health Services compromised and OS Credential Dumping (T1003) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating employee personal details such as names, email addresses, bank statements. Under the Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating nearly 1GB of data, including employee conversations, survey analytics and Data from Information Repositories (T1213) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating w-9 forms, progress reports, and survey analytics compromised. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating shadowByt3$ claimed theft of nearly 1GB of data and Exfiltration Over Web Service (T1567) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating threat actors later posted alleged leaked data. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Encrypted for Impact (Extortion) (T1471) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating $2 million ransom demanded; extortion-as-a-service group and Defacement: External Defacement (T1491.002) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating threat actors posted alleged leaked data publicly. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating third-party service provider (TINYpulse) compromise implies valid access. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

Initial Access
Supply Chain Compromise: Compromise Software Supply Chain (90%)
Credential Access
Steal Application Access Token (70%)
OS Credential Dumping (60%)
Collection
Data from Local System (80%)
Data from Information Repositories (80%)
Exfiltration
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (90%)
Exfiltration Over Web Service (70%)
Impact
Data Encrypted for Impact (Extortion) (80%)
Defacement: External Defacement (60%)
Defense Evasion
Valid Accounts (70%)

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