Cloudflare Okta Breach Doesn’t Have A Big Impact, Company Says
According to the company, the recent Cloudflare Okta breach has not caused any harm to any of the customers or users. However, the incident brought more questions about the Okta breach, which affects many different services and companies.
In today’s digital world, online data security is constantly under threat, making news of cyberattacks almost routine. However, when a company like Cloudflare—a leader in internet security—reports a breach, it grabs everyone’s attention, particularly when a nation-state is believed to be behind the attack. The Cloudflare Okta breach serves as a vivid reminder of the cyber dangers that loom in the shadows.
Cloudflare Okta breach explained
On November 14, Cloudflare found itself under attack. The intruders, suspected to be supported by a nation-state, targeted Cloudflare’s internal Atlassian server, aiming for critical systems, including the Confluence wiki, Jira bug database, and Bitbucket source code management.
This initial intrusion set the stage for a more aggressive attack on November 22, where the attackers established a strong presence on Cloudflare’s server, accessed the source code, and even attempted to infiltrate a console server tied to an undeveloped data center in São Paulo, Brazil.
The method of entry for the attackers was particularly concerning. They used credentials that were previously compromised during an Okta breach in October 2023, highlighting a critical oversight by Cloudflare in not rotating these credentials among the thousands affected, says Bleeping Computer.
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, CTO John Graham-Cumming, and CISO Grant Bourzikas, said: “They then returned on November 22 and established persistent access to our Atlassian server using ScriptRunner for Jira, gained access to our source code management system (which uses Atlassian Bitbucket), and tried, unsuccessfully, to access a console server that had access to the data center that Cloudflare had not yet put into production in São Paulo, Brazil.” You can take a look at the full statement here.
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