On November 28, 2023, Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA), a leading provider of identity and access management (IAM) solutions, disclosed a significant data breach that affected all of its customer support users. The company has notified customers that hackers gained access to a report containing data on all customer support users, including names, email addresses, support tickets, […]
acuity data breach
The author speculates that the Acuity data breach resembles a situation similar to the massive Master Deeds incident in South Africa in 2017. It suggests that a legally operating data aggregator might have sold the personal information to a real estate business, which then left it publicly exposed. The blog post ends with the data being loaded into Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) and flagged as a spam list. The author invites readers to provide any insights on the data and hopes that further investigation will identify the true source of the breach.