FBI Removes Accenture Contractor Over ShinyHunters Job Site Data Breach
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has removed a contractor after a breach exposed sensitive information belonging to thousands of bureau employees. Two sources familiar with the case told Reuters that the contractor worked for Accenture.
Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI’s Cyber Division, said the incident resulted from a security failure involving a platform managed by a third-party organization.
“To date, our review has determined that the incident occurred as the result of a security failure of a platform managed by a third-party organization after a contractor failed to implement a security patch explicitly issued to secure the platform,” Leatherman told Reuters.
He added that the FBI had removed the contractor and taken steps to limit further risk and protect its workforce.
The FBI did not identify the contractor, the affected platform or the company responsible for managing it. Reuters sources identified the software as Oracle PeopleSoft,...
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