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Cloudflare is laying the blame for the cyberattack it suffered late last year the after-effects of thecritical Okta breach.

Cloudflares security team quickly spotted the incursion and cut the attackers off.

Homepage of CloudFlare website on the display of PC, url - CloudFlare.com.

They were able to do so by obtaininglogin credentialsfor Oktas support case management system.

The attacker’s focus was on gaining insights into Cloudflare’s web connection architecture and security.

Hackers were ousted on November 24, Cloudflare added, saying CrowdStrike provided independent validation of the claims.

We can’t comment on our customers' security remediations."

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