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Fla. Man Charged in SIM-Swapping Spree is Key Suspect in Hacker Groups Oktapus, Scattered Spider

January 30, 2024 admin 0ktapus, A Little Sunshine, Breadcrumbs, elijah, grails, Group-IB, king bob, lastpass, lastpass breach, mailchimp, Ne'er-Do-Well News, noah michael urban, Okta, plex, scattered spider, signal, SIM swapping, sosa, twilio, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:07:18 +0000

On Jan. 9, 2024, U.S. authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the accused was a key member of a criminal hacking group blamed for a string of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022.

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Okta breach happened after employee logged into personal Google account

November 7, 2023 admin Business, CloudFlare, google, news, Okta, private account, service account

Okta has concluded that the root cause of its breach was an employee storing company credentials in a private Google account.

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1Password reports security incident after breach at Okta

October 30, 2023 admin 1password, har file, news, Okta, session

Password manager 1Password says it’s been affected by a breach at Okta, but it reports no user data has been stolen. In a security…

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1Password reports security incident after breach at Okta

October 30, 2023 admin 1password, har file, news, Okta, session

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Password manager 1Password says it’s been affected by a breach at Okta, but it reports no user data has been stolen.

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Hackers Stole Access Tokens from Okta’s Support Unit

October 23, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, beyondtrust, charlotte wylie, data breaches, marc maiffret, Okta, okta breach

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 18:39:23 +0000

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. Okta says the incident affected a “very small number” of customers, however it appears the hackers responsible had access to Okta’s support platform for at least two weeks before the company fully contained the intrusion.

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