Okta

Dive Brief: A breach at Okta affected 2.5% of its customers, the identity and access management firm ...

Screenshots claiming successful breaches of companies are circulated through social media, putting companies on the defensive. The screenshots were taken from a support engineer's computer at third-party provider Sitel, which was compromised using RDP to gain remote access. - Lapsus$ also claimed to have breached Microsoft, which confirmed Tuesday night an account was compromised, granting limited access.

Okta says it's investigating reports of a potential breach. Hacking group Lapsus$ has posted screenshots to its Telegram channel claiming to be of Okta's ...

However, writing in their Telegram channel, Lapsus$ suggested that it had access for a few months. “In late January 2022, Okta detected an attempt to compromise the account of a third party customer support engineer working for one of our subprocessors. In a statement sent to The Verge, Okta spokesperson Chris Hollis downplayed the incident, and said Okta has not found evidence of an ongoing attack.

Hackers compromised Okta's network via its customer support company Sykes.

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Okta is a San Francisco-based tech company providing identity authentication services such as single sign-on and multi-factor authentication on apps and ...

Okta said the breach could be connected to an earlier incident in January. OKTA. People's miniatures are seen in front of Okta logo in this illustration taken March 22, 2022 OKTA. People's miniatures are seen in front of Okta logo in this illustration taken March 22, 2022

Cyber-gang Lapsus$ is behind the hack. The ransomware group "is a South American threat actor that has recently been linked to cyber-attacks on some high- ...

Britain's National Cyber Security Centre said it had "not seen any evidence of impact in the UK". Thanet, which uses Okta to simplify the way staff manage and sign on to multiple applications, told BBC News the hack "has not compromised the security of the council's data" but it "will continue to monitor the situation". Okta initially said the attack, in January, involved a third-party contractor, a "sub-processor", and "the matter was investigated and contained".