Okta, one of the world’s leading providers of digital identity verification, said that a January data breach revealed by hackers may have affected hundreds of customers that rely on its software to manage secure access to their internal computer networks
HONG KONG— Okta Inc., one of the world’s leading providers of digital identity verification, said thatrevealed by hackers this week may have affected hundreds of customers that rely on its software to manage secure access to their internal computer networks.
Okta said the attack had affected as many as 366 customers, or 2.5% of the more than 15,000 businesses and institutions it services world-wide. The breach, claimed by the Lapsus$ group, originated from the laptop of an engineer employed by a subcontractor, which the hackers had access to between Jan. 16 and 21, Okta said Tuesday.
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