Okta Authentication Services Provider Hacked: How It Affects Major Companies 321426

Okta has been in business since 2009 and describes itself as the "identity provider for the Internet." 2t4gv

Okta Authentication Services Provider Hacked: How It Affects Major Companies

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Okta sells identity services like Single Sign-On and Multi-factor Authentication

Highlights
  • Hundreds of large companies use Okta's services
  • Okta competes with PingID, Duo, SecureAuth, Microsoft, IBM
  • The company's share price has jumped during the pandemic
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The scope of the breach is unknown, but a hack at Okta could have major consequences because thousands of other companies rely on the firm to manage access to their own networks and applications. Okta said the breach could be connected to an earlier incident in January.

Here are some facts about the company:

According to its website, Okta has been in business since 2009 and describes itself as the "identity provider for the internet." It says it has more than 15,000 customers on its platform.

Okta sells identity services, such as Single Sign-On and Multi-factor Authentication used to to online applications and websites.

Hundreds of large companies, such as Coinbase, use Okta's services.

Global cloud services provider Cloudflare also uses Okta. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said in a tweet that the company had reset the credentials of some employees "out of (an) abundance of caution" but had "confirmed no compromise."

In a 2019 interview with CNBC, Okta's CEO, Todd McKinnon, said the company had more than 100 million ed s.

Okta competes with the likes of PingID, Duo, SecureAuth, IBM. While known for offering employee identification systems, Okta has been expanding its customer identification business, which now s for a quarter of revenue.

Earlier this month, Okta said it had agreed to buy its smaller rival Autho in a $6.5 billion (roughly Rs. 49,546 crore) all-stock deal, one of the largest software deals so far this year.

Okta reported quarterly revenue of $234.7 million (roughly Rs. 1,809 crore) in March, an increase of 40 percent. The company's share price has jumped during the pandemic, taking the company's market cap to over $30 billion (roughly Rs. 2,28,691 crore).

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