<s>
Okta	B-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Saasure	B-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
identity	O
and	O
access	O
management	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
cloud	O
software	B-Application
that	O
helps	O
companies	O
manage	O
and	O
secure	O
user	O
authentication	O
into	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
developers	O
to	O
build	O
identity	O
controls	O
into	O
applications	O
,	O
website	O
web	O
services	O
and	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Okta	B-Application
sells	O
10	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
Single	O
Sign-On	O
,	O
Universal	O
Directory	O
,	O
Advanced	O
Server	O
Access	O
(	O
formerly	O
ScaleFT	O
)	O
,	O
API	B-Application
Access	O
Management	O
,	O
Authentication	O
,	O
User	O
Management	O
,	O
B2B	O
Integration	O
,	O
Multi-factor	O
Authentication	O
,	O
Lifecycle	O
Management	O
,	O
and	O
Access	O
Gateway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Okta	B-Application
sells	O
six	O
services	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
single	O
sign-on	O
service	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
log	O
into	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
systems	O
using	O
one	O
centralized	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
claims	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
log	O
into	O
Gmail	B-Application
,	O
Workday	B-Application
,	O
Salesforce	B-Application
and	O
Slack	B-Protocol
with	O
one	O
login	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
offers	O
API	B-Application
authentication	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Okta	B-Application
's	O
services	O
are	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Okta	B-Application
primarily	O
targets	O
enterprise	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Okta	B-Application
runs	O
an	O
annual	O
“	O
Oktane	O
”	O
user	O
conference	O
,	O
which	O
in	O
2018	O
featured	O
former	O
US	O
President	O
Barack	O
Obama	O
as	O
a	O
keynote	O
speaker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Okta	B-Application
is	O
headquartered	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Okta	B-Application
was	O
co-founded	O
in	O
2009	O
by	O
Todd	O
McKinnon	O
and	O
Frederic	O
Kerrest	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
together	O
at	O
Salesforce	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Okta	B-Application
's	O
initial	O
public	O
offering	O
priced	O
at	O
$17.00	O
per	O
share	O
,	O
trading	O
up	O
on	O
its	O
first	O
day	O
,	O
to	O
raise	O
an	O
additional	O
US$187	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
Okta	B-Application
's	O
CEO	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
over	O
100	O
million	O
registered	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
Okta	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
plans	O
to	O
let	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
employees	O
work	O
remotely	O
on	O
a	O
permanent	O
basis	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
Okta	B-Application
signed	O
a	O
definitive	O
agreement	O
to	O
acquire	O
Auth0	B-Application
for	O
$6.5	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
hacking	O
collective	O
"	O
Advanced	O
Persistent	O
Threat	O
69420	O
"	O
breached	O
an	O
Okta	B-Application
office	O
network	O
through	O
a	O
security	O
failure	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Verkada	O
camera	O
setup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
group	O
,	O
Tillie	O
Kottmann	O
,	O
also	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
group	O
had	O
gained	O
root	B-Application
shell	I-Application
access	I-Application
to	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
the	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
Okta	B-Application
Chief	O
Security	O
Officer	O
David	O
Bradbury	O
minimized	O
the	O
root	O
shell	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
internal	O
support	O
tool	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
camera	O
manufacturer	O
Verkada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
shell	O
would	O
have	O
given	O
the	O
hackers	O
full	O
access	O
to	O
run	O
any	O
commands	O
on	O
the	O
network	O
,	O
and	O
Cloudflare	B-Application
admitted	O
that	O
an	O
identical	O
hack	O
by	O
the	O
group	O
on	O
that	O
company	O
's	O
network	O
had	O
given	O
them	O
that	O
level	O
of	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
hacking	O
group	O
LAPSUS$	O
posted	O
screenshots	O
claiming	O
to	O
be	O
from	O
Okta	B-Application
internal	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
Okta	B-Application
concluded	O
that	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
366	O
of	O
their	O
customers	O
data	O
may	O
potentially	O
have	O
been	O
impacted	O
,	O
further	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
breach	O
originated	O
with	O
a	O
computer	O
used	O
by	O
one	O
of	O
Okta	B-Application
's	O
third-party	O
customer	O
support	O
engineers	O
to	O
which	O
the	O
hackers	O
had	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2022	O
,	O
Okta	B-Application
's	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
stolen	O
when	O
a	O
hacker	O
gained	O
access	O
to	O
their	O
GitHub	B-Application
repository	O
.	O
</s>
