Okta Breach Impacted All Customer Support Users—Not 1 Percent

In late October, the identity management platform Okta began notifying its users of a breach of its customer support system. The company said at the time that about 1 percent of its 18,400 customers were impacted by the incident. But in a massive expansion of this estimate early this morning, Okta said that its investigation … Read more

Okta hackers stole data on all customer support users in major breach

In this photo illustration, an Okta logo is displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Hackers who compromised Okta’s customer support system stole data from all of the cybersecurity firm’s customer support users, Okta said in a letter to clients obtained by CNBC Tuesday, a far greater incursion … Read more

Okta hack wipes out more than $2 billion in market cap

The Okta Inc. website on a laptop computer arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S., on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Okta has shed more than $2 billion from its market valuation since the company disclosed a hack of its support systems on Friday. The high-profile incident is the … Read more

Okta says hackers stole customer access tokens from support unit

Identity and access giant Okta said a hacker broke into its customer support ticket system and stole sensitive files that can be used to break into the networks of Okta’s customers. Okta chief security officer David Bradbury said in a blog post Friday that a hacker used a stolen credential to access the company’s support … Read more

Hackers who breached on line casino giants MGM, Caesars additionally hit 3 different corporations, Okta says

By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hackers who breached on line casino giants MGM Resorts Worldwide and Caesars Leisure in latest weeks additionally broke into the methods of three different corporations within the manufacturing, retail, and expertise house, a safety government conversant in the matter mentioned. David Bradbury, chief safety officer of the identification … Read more