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Infosec in brief Okta has confirmed details of its October breach, reporting that the incident led to the compromise of files belonging to 134 customers, "Or less than 1 percent of Okta customers." Okta's report on the breach confirms much of what was previously known, but provides the first set of solid numbers of those affected, and notes that five of its 134 affected customers experienced their own intrusions - at least that Okta knows of.
Identity and authentication management provider Okta on Friday disclosed that the recent support case management system breach affected 134 of its 18,400 customers. It further noted that the...
Okta says attackers who breached its customer support system last month gained access to files belonging to 134 customers, five of them later being targeted in session hijacking attacks with the help of stolen session tokens. "From September 28, 2023 to October 17, 2023, a threat actor gained unauthorized access to files inside Okta's customer support system associated with 134 Okta customers, or less than 1% of Okta customers," Okta revealed.
Okta has sent out breach notifications to almost 5,000 employees, warning them that miscreants breached one of its third-party vendors and stole a file containing staff names, social security numbers, and health or medical insurance plan numbers. The third-party, Rightway Healthcare, helps people compare healthcare providers and rates, and this includes Okta employees and their families.
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 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.
1Password also affected by Okta Support System breachFollowing in the footsteps of BeyondTrust and CloudFlare, 1Password has revealed that it has been affected by the Okta Support System breach. Microsoft announces wider availability of AI-powered Security CopilotMicrosoft Security Copilot has been made available to a larger number of enterprise customers, via an invitation-only Early Access Program.
1Password is confirming it was attacked by cyber criminals after Okta was breached for the second time in as many years, but says customers' login details are safe. The main suspicion continued to be malware until last week when Okta publicized the issues it was facing with a number of its customers, including 1Password.
Following in the footsteps of BeyondTrust and CloudFlare, 1Password has revealed that it has been affected by the Okta Support System breach. David Bradbury, Chief Security Officer at Okta, disclosed last Friday that an attacker has "Leveraged access to a stolen credential to access Okta's support case management system" and "View files uploaded by certain Okta customers as part of recent support cases."
Popular password management solution 1Password said it detected suspicious activity on its Okta instance on September 29 following the support system breach, but reiterated that no user data was...