Posted On November 30, 2023 Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches
November 30 – The Okta data breach lawyers at Console & Associates, P.C are investigating the data breach that was reported after the company was targeted in a recent cyber security attack. The Okta data breach resulted in the full names and email addresses, phone numbers, usernames and details of some employees’ roles of certain individuals being compromised.
According to a CBS news article, Okta reported a data breach after they were targeted in a recent cyber security attack. Around October 20, 2023, Okta learned that hackers were able to use stolen credentials to access Okta’s support case management system. It seems the username and password for a service account stored on the system had been saved to an employee’s personal Google account. The employee signed in to their personal account on the Chrome web browser from their Okta laptop. Thus, Okta believes that the hacker was able to gain access to the employee’s personal account, which provided the hacker with access to Okta’s support case management system. The company estimated that just 1 percent of customers were affected. After conducting further investigations, they were able to confirm that the hackers were able to access the names and email addresses of all customers, including Okta Workforce Identity Cloud and Customer Identity 
Solution customers. Okta will need to send out data breach letters to those individuals whose information was affected by the breach.
Okta is a security software company based in San Francisco, California that provides cloud software designed to help companies manage and secure user authentication. Okta also creates software that enables developers to build identity controls into applications, website web services and devices.
Our data breach lawyers are eager to speak to victims of the Okta data breach to determine what damages they sustained and what compensation may be available to them. Victims can file a data breach lawsuit if you recently received a NOTICE OF DATA BREACH from Okta. Contact the Console & Associates, P.C. law firm at (866) 778-5500 for a free consultation to discuss your legal options, or submit a confidential contact form.
Consider reading our Guide for Victims of a Data Breach to learn what your next steps should be.
