Cloudflare not impressed https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-cloudflare-mitigated-yet-another-okta-compromise/
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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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.
They need to be raked over the coals by the FTC and class actions.
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.
These kind of things don't look good at all for security companies.
Work forces us to use okta to do everything. What a pain in the ass.