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Okta Says Hackers Might Have Seen Data – The Information

“We have concluded that a small percentage of customers – approximately 2.5% – have potentially been impacted,” the firm’s chief security officer said


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The incident is a black eye for a firm that sells software to protecting corporate networks. Okta's Asia-Pacific customers include AIA, Telstra and the Financial Times. Photo: Reuters

 

Authentication software provider Okta is now acknowledging that hackers may have accessed the data of more than 350 of its customers in January after appearing to downplay this possibility earlier, The Information reported.

“We have concluded that a small percentage of customers – approximately 2.5% – have potentially been impacted and whose data may have been viewed or acted upon,” Okta chief security officer David Bradbury said in a blog post.

 

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.