I had not heard of OKTA, but they are in the . . . IDENTITY VERIFICATION business. This failure, and the slow communication and response SHOULD put them out of business.
I think at this point if I were starting up such a business I would use a proprietary OS, possibly built off of legacy OSs (e.g. DEC) and a non TCP/IP network protocol (maybe an updated, more secure version of Banyan VINES). Of course, we are then looking at $1 billion just to turn on the lights.
Banyan Vines. Dang if that’s not the wayback machine!!!
Okta is Microsoft’s biggest identity competitor. What this represents is unconscionable. If okta lasts a year, they’ll be half their current size if not smaller.
Lapsus did more than compromise okta. They got customer data. I can’t understate how bad this is.