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Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (WED1764627230)

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Rankiteo Score Impact Analysis

Rankiteo Incident Impact-64
Company Score Before Incident751 / 1000
Company Score After Incident687 / 1000
Company LinkView WedgeHR Profile
INCIDENT NUMBERWED1764627230
Type of Cyber IncidentBreach
ATTACK VECTORNA
DATA EXPOSEDName, Social Security number, Driver’s...
INCIDENT DATE30/11/2025
STATUSpublished

Key Highlights From The Incident Analysis

  • Timeline of WedgeHR'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 WedgeHR 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 WedgeHR breach identified under incident ID WED1764627230.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of WedgeHR's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wedge-hr, the number of followers: 3201, the industry type: Software Development and the number of employees: 36 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 751 and after the incident was 687 with a difference of -64 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 WedgeHR and their customers.

WEDGE recently reported "WEDGE Data Breach Incident", a noteworthy cybersecurity incident.

WEDGE reported to the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that sensitive personal identifiable information in its care may have been compromised.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Name, Social Security number and Driver’s license information.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, while recovery efforts such as Complimentary credit monitoring services offered to affected individuals continue, and stakeholders are being briefed through Mail notification to affected individuals (began November 26, 2025); filing with Attorney General of Massachusetts.

The case underscores how with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Notification letters mailed to affected individuals (November 26, 2025) with details of exposed data and credit monitoring offer.

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 Collection tactic, the analysis identified Data from Local System (T1005) with moderate to high confidence (85%), supported by evidence indicating personally Identifiable Information (PII)compromised such as Name, SSN, driver’s license info. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol (T1048) with moderate to high confidence (75%), supported by evidence indicating sensitive personal identifiable information in its care may have been compromised (no vector specified) and Exfiltration Over Unencrypted/Obfuscated Non-C2 Protocol (T1048.003) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating data breach with PII exposure (method unspecified, but likely unencrypted transfer implied). Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating data breach (no explicit mention of destruction, but implied risk to data integrity) and Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with lower confidence (20%), supported by evidence indicating no ransomware details provided (low confidence; included due to PII breach pattern). Under the Initial Access tactic, the analysis identified Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating no attack vector specified (PII breach often involves abused credentials or insider access) and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating software Development industry (common target for web app exploits; no specifics given). Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (75%), supported by evidence indicating pII breach including SSN/driver’s license (often linked to credential theft or misuse). These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.

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