Okta said it is investigating reports of a possible data breach. What do we know so far, and who could be affected?
Okta Inc. said it is investigating a potential digital breach of its software that lets businesses authenticate the identity of their customers and employees, which initially sent shares tumbling as much as 8%.
As Okta explained the situation throughout the day, its stock has steadily rebounded, and is currently down about 2%. Hacking group Lapsus$ has claimed responsibility for the breach and published screenshots claiming access to an Okta internal administrative account and the firm’s Slack channel. However, the shadowy group also said on the messaging app Telegram it did not steal any databases from Okta, and “our focus was ONLY on Okta customers.” [According to its website, Okta says it has more than 15,000 customers.
“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,” McKinnon tweeted, referring to a subcontractor that works with Okta. “The matter was investigated and contained by the subprocessor.”
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