Security News > 2023 > November > Okta hit by third-party data breach exposing employee information
Okta is warning nearly 5,000 current and former employees that their personal information was exposed after a third-party vendor was breached.
The data breach notification warns of a security incident that impacted Rightway Healthcare, which provides healthcare coverage for Okta employees and their families.
Okta learned about the breach on October 12, 2023, when Rightway disclosed the attack, and immediately launched an investigation to determine the extent of the compromise.
Okta shared a statement after this story was published stating that the exposed employee data was from April 2019 through 2020.
"An Okta vendor, Rightway Health, had a security incident in September 2023 in which files from April 2019 through 2020 were exfiltrated from its IT environment," Okta told BleepingComputer.
"These contained personal information about employees and their dependents from 2019/2020. This incident does not relate to the use of Okta services and Okta services remain secure. No Okta customer data is impacted by this incident."
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