"ZDNET's key takeaways The FBI warned about the alarming trend of compromised accounts. The success rate of threat actors could tarnish Salesforce's reputation. The most recent wave of attacks was likely preventable."
"However, recent data thefts involving Salesforce's infrastructure suggest that the cloud company is encountering avoidable difficulties in delivering on that promise. Also: Your passkeys could be vulnerable to attack, and everyone - including you - must act ZDNET's research reveals that Salesforce could be doing more to secure the parts of its platform that were exploited in recent attacks. In preparing this report, I interviewed Salesforce chief trust officer Brad Arkin as well as cybersecurity experts from AppOmni, Google Cloud Mandiant, and Okta. (Okta's brand was hijacked in some versions of the attacks in question, but Okta's platform itself was not a part of those attacks.)"
"The list of victim organizations reads like a who's who of well-known brands -- Allianz Life, LVMH (parent to Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Tiffany & Co.), Quantus , , , , and , just to name a few. And the list is growing. In recent weeks, Proofpoint, SpyCloud, Tanium, and Tenable added their names to the victim list, potentially bringing the total to over 700 companies ."
Recent incidents show Salesforce infrastructure vulnerabilities allowed unauthorized access to customer-stored data. The FBI warned about a rising trend of compromised accounts. High-profile organizations and numerous cybersecurity vendors were affected, potentially exceeding 700 victims. Threat actors exploited parts of the Salesforce platform that experts say could have been better secured. Okta's brand was impersonated in some attack variants, though Okta's platform was not compromised. The high success rate of intrusions raises concerns about lasting technical defenses, customer data protection, and potential reputational harm for the cloud provider if stronger controls are not implemented.
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