FBI Drops Accenture Contractor After Sensitive Data Breach

Reported by Security Affairs (Pierluigi Paganini)

Summary by Cyber Security News6 Oct 2026, 11:27 CEST

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Accenture lost an FBI contract after a missed security patch exposed sensitive employee data, raising serious concerns over operational security. The FBI pulled an Accenture contractor off its account on Monday, and the reason is almost mundane compared to the damage it caused. One update didn’t get installed on time.

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