Canary 🐤 Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (WOR1766008673)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the Canary 🐤 breach identified under incident ID WOR1766008673.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of Canary 🐤's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workwithcanary, the number of followers: 2726, the industry type: Financial Services and the number of employees: 18 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 752 and after the incident was 681 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 Canary 🐤 and their customers.

On 17 December 2025, Canary Benefits, Inc. disclosed Data Breach issues under the banner "Canary Benefits, Inc. Data Breach Investigation".

Shamis & Gentile P.A.

The disruption is felt across the environment, and exposing Sensitive personally identifiable information.

In response, and stakeholders are being briefed through Notification by mail to affected individuals.

The case underscores how Ongoing (under investigation by Shamis & Gentile P.A.), and recommending next steps like Enroll in free 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services (Cyberscout), Review credit reports and account statements for unauthorized activity and Place a fraud alert or credit freeze on your credit file, with advisories going out to stakeholders covering Affected individuals notified by mail with steps to protect themselves.

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 (T1078) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating fintech company handling sensitive PII and emergency relief funds and Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating grant Circle platform used by employers/nonprofits to administer funds. Under the Credential Access tactic, the analysis identified Unsecured Credentials (T1552) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating exposure of Social Security numbers and names. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating data breach with high sensitivity PII (SSNs, names) and Automated Exfiltration (T1020) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating large-scale exposure of consumer data. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with lower confidence (40%), supported by evidence indicating high identity theft risk noted in incident impact and Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with lower confidence (30%), supported by evidence indicating no ransomware details, but encryption status unknown. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.