February 1, 2024 at 03:59PM
Cloudflare revealed today that its internal Atlassian server was infiltrated by a ‘nation state’ attacker, who gained access to its Confluence wiki, Jira bug database, and Atlassian Bitbucket source code management system. The company detected the breach on November 23, severed access on November 24, and assured that customer data and systems were not impacted.
Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
– Cloudflare’s internal Atlassian server was breached by a ‘nation state’ attacker.
– The breach allowed access to the Confluence wiki, Jira bug database, and Atlassian Bitbucket source code management system.
– The attacker initially gained access on November 14 and established persistent access by using stolen credentials linked to Okta’s breach, which were not rotated.
– Malicious activity was detected on November 23, access was severed on November 24, and an investigation began on November 26.
– Cloudflare stated that the breach did not impact customer data, services, global network systems, or configuration.
– Cloudflare believes the attack was performed by a nation state attacker with the goal of obtaining persistent and widespread access to its global network.
– A previous breach of Cloudflare’s Okta instance also occurred on October 18, 2023, using an authentication token stolen from Okta’s support system.
– The Security Incident Response Team’s quick response contained and minimized the impact on Cloudflare systems and data.
These takeaways summarize the critical points from the meeting notes regarding the security breach at Cloudflare. If you need further details on any specific aspect, feel free to ask.