REMAX Breach Incident Score: Analysis & Impact (JOHREM1770865850)

In this Rankiteo incident briefing, we review the REMAX breach identified under incident ID JOHREM1770865850.

The analysis begins with a detailed overview of REMAX's information like the linkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/remax, the number of followers: 326069, the industry type: Real Estate and the number of employees: 43488 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 732 with a difference of -19 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 REMAX and their customers.

On 28 April 2025, Iowa County, Wisconsin disclosed Ransomware issues under the banner "Iowa County Real Estate Transactions Halted After Ransomware Attack Destroys Critical Data".

A ransomware attack on Iowa County, Wisconsin, has disrupted real estate transactions by deleting essential network data, including property titles needed for closings.

The disruption is felt across the environment, affecting County real estate transaction systems, and exposing Essential network data, including property titles and backups.

In response, teams activated the incident response plan, moved swiftly to contain the threat with measures like Disconnected affected systems, and began remediation that includes Data recovery from preserved backups, rebuilding destroyed systems, while recovery efforts such as Ongoing efforts to restore services securely continue, and stakeholders are being briefed through County issued a written statement acknowledging the attack.

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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 Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating incident forced county officials to disconnect affected systems and Valid Accounts (T1078) with moderate confidence (60%), supported by evidence indicating threat actors intentionally wiped portions of the network. Under the Execution tactic, the analysis identified User Execution: Malicious File (T1204.002) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack on Iowa County, Wisconsin. Under the Impact tactic, the analysis identified Data Destruction (T1485) with high confidence (90%), supported by evidence indicating threat actors intentionally wiped portions of the network including some backups and Data Encrypted for Impact (T1486) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating ransomware attack...disrupted real estate transactions by deleting essential network data. Under the Defense Evasion tactic, the analysis identified Indicator Removal: File Deletion (T1070.004) with moderate to high confidence (80%), supported by evidence indicating threat actors intentionally wiped portions of the network including some backups and Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) with moderate to high confidence (70%), supported by evidence indicating disconnected affected systems to contain the attack. Under the Exfiltration tactic, the analysis identified Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (T1041) with moderate confidence (50%), supported by evidence indicating no details on attackers or their motives, but ransomware often involves exfiltration. These correlations help security teams understand the attack chain and develop appropriate defensive measures based on the observed tactics and techniques.