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Day · Oct 2, 2023

Okta support system breach: HAR files with session tokens stolen

Okta Help Center (customer support system)

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Updates on Oct 2, 2023

  1. BeyondTrust detects an attacker using a session cookie from a HAR file it uploaded to Okta support and reports it to Okta

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Summary

An attacker used a stolen service account to get into Okta's customer support system and download files from 134 customers. Some were HAR files with live session tokens, which were used to hijack the Okta sessions of 5 customers, including BeyondTrust, Cloudflare and 1Password. Okta later found the attacker also downloaded the names and emails of all support system users.

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