The Wall Street Journal reports: Okta said hackers stole data for all of its customer support system users in a breach that the identity-verification company disclosed last month. Okta Chief Security Officer David Bradbury said all Okta Workforce Identity Cloud and Customer Identity Solution customers are affected by the hack, except for government customers that use […]
DarkReading reports: Okta is back on the record with another cybersecurity incident, this time via a breach of its third-party vendor, Rightway Healthcare, which has exposed the personal and healthcare data of nearly 5,000 Okta employees. According to Okta’s filing with the Maine Attorney General, the Rightway breach occurred on Sept. 23 and was discovered on Oct. […]
TechCrunch reports: Network and security giant Cloudflare and password manager maker 1Password said hackers briefly targeted their systems following a recent breach of Okta’s support unit. Both Cloudflare and 1Password said their recent intrusions were linked to the Okta breach, but that the incidents did not affect their customer systems or user data. “We immediately terminated […]
Stock prices often fall after a major breach is announced. Many will rebound quickly, but not all do. Here is an example from this past week of a firm taking a significant stock hit shortly after a breach was announced. CNBC reports: Shares of cybersecurity firm Okta closed down 11.5% after the company said an unidentified hacking group had […]
