Security News > 2022 > April > Okta Says Security Breach by Lapsus$ Hackers Impacted Only Two of Its Customers

Identity and access management provider Okta on Tuesday said it concluded its probe into the breach of a third-party vendor in late January 2022 by the LAPSUS$ extortionist gang.

Stating that the "Impact of the incident was significantly less than the maximum potential impact" the company had previously shared last month, Okta said the intrusion impacted only two customer tenants, down from 366 as was initially assumed.

The security event took place on January 21 when the LAPSUS$ hacking group gained unauthorized remote access to a workstation belonging to a Sitel support engineer.

It only became public knowledge nearly two months later when the adversary posted screenshots of Okta's internal systems on their Telegram channel.

"Control lasted for 25 consecutive minutes on January 21, 2022," David Bradbury, Okta's chief security officer, said.

"The threat actor was unable to authenticate directly to any Okta accounts," Bradbury added.

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