Hundreds of companies potentially hit by Okta hack

United Kingdom News News

Hundreds of companies potentially hit by Okta hack
United Kingdom United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom United Kingdom Headlines

Many household-name companies are clients of the access-management business.

  • 📰 BBCTech
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 23 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 12%
  • Publisher: 55%

Hundreds of organisations that rely on Okta to provide access to their networks may have been affected by a cyber-attack on the company.

"The cyber-gang is known for extortion, threatening the release of sensitive information, if demands by its victims are not made" he said. revealed the hackers had accessed the computer of a customer-support engineer working for the sub-processor, over a five-day period in mid-January. The contractor employing the engineer, Sykes, part of the Sitel Group, said it was "confident there is no longer a security risk".

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

BBCTech /  🏆 81. in UK
 

United Kingdom United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom United Kingdom Headlines



Render Time: 2025-01-13 02:14:44