Okta, a company that provides identity tools like multi-factor authentication and single sign-on to thousands of businesses, has suffered a security breach involving a compromise of its customer support unit, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

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      We urge Okta to consider implementing the following best practices, including:

      Take any report of compromise seriously and act immediately to limit damage; in this case Okta was first notified on October 2, 2023 by BeyondTrust but the attacker still had access to their support systems at least until October 18, 2023

      Holy shit, this is absolutely beyond negligent for an authentication platform.

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          And as a former admin for okta (as in admin access within a enterprise) I can also say their implementation can be a pain in the ass, especially if you adopt the system after someone else was fired for, in part, screwing it up.