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Okta says a single employee using a personal device and email account was to blame for its hack

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Okta has concluded its investigation into its recent data breach incident, concluding that it was - most likely - due to an employee storing their login credentials into their private Google profile in the Chrome browser and then logging in on a company endpoint.

In an announcement published on the Okta website, the company’s Chief Security Officer David Bradbury said the threat actor abused a service account that was stored in Okta’s system. 

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