Okta Says it finds no Evidence of the New Attack

Identity management provider Okta Inc. said on Tuesday that preliminary investigations found no evidence of ongoing malicious activity after hackers posted images of the company's internal systems.

The company claims that the released screenshots were most likely from an earlier security incident that happened in January, which is already resolved. According to the recent filing, over 15,000 customers including multinational companies, universities and governments are dependent on its software to manage access to their systems and verify the identity of users.

Okta was investigating after the hacking group LAPSUS$ posted a screenshot on Telegram claiming that it has access to Okta.com's administrator and other systems. The images were also shared on other forums, including Twitter.

The breach once again puts LAPSUS$ in the spotlight, which says that it has successfully hacked a string of high-profile targets recently. The group also claimed that it stole a terabyte of data from chip company Nvidia Corp, and has done a breach at Samsung Electronics Co.