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Dataverse - Terminated employee exfiltration to USB drive

Description

Identifies files downloaded from Dataverse by departing or terminated employees which are copied to USB mounted drives.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
3.2.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
14d
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let drive_mount_lookback = 14d;
let query_frequency = 1h;
DataverseActivity
| distinct InstanceUrl
| join kind=inner (DeviceFileEvents
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(query_frequency))
    on $left.InstanceUrl == $right.FileOriginUrl
| join kind=inner (MSBizAppsTerminatedEmployees()) on $left.InitiatingProcessAccountUpn == $right.UserPrincipalName
| join kind=inner (DeviceEvents
    | where TimeGenerated >= ago(drive_mount_lookback)
    | where ActionType == "UsbDriveMounted"
    | extend DriveLetter = tostring(AdditionalFields.DriveLetter)
    | summarize MountedDriveLetters = make_set(DriveLetter, 26) by DeviceId, DeviceName)
    on DeviceId
| extend TargetDriveLetter = tostring(split(FolderPath, "\\")[0])
| where set_has_element(MountedDriveLetters, TargetDriveLetter)
| join kind=inner (DeviceInfo
    | summarize arg_max(TimeGenerated, DeviceId, PublicIP) by DeviceName)
    on DeviceId
| project-rename
    UserId = UserPrincipalName
| summarize LatestEvent = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *), Files = make_set(FileName, 100) by UserId, InstanceUrl
| extend
    CloudAppId = int(32780),
    AccountName = tostring(split(UserId, '@')[0]),
    UPNSuffix = tostring(split(UserId, '@')[1])
| project
    LatestEvent,
    UserId,
    PublicIP,
    Files,
    InstanceUrl,
    CloudAppId,
    AccountName,
    UPNSuffix

Declared entities

AccountIPCloudApplication

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

Displayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.

Source identifier
c5e75cb6-cea0-49c2-a998-da414035aac1
Additional source files 2Solutions/Microsoft Business Applications/Analytic Rules/Dataverse - Terminated employee exfiltration to USB drive.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Microsoft Business Applications/Data/Solution_PowerPlatform.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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