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Missed Patch Costs Accenture Contractor Its FBI Role After Breach
The FBI has removed a contractor blamed for a damaging data breach that exposed personal details of thousands of bureau staff, Reuters reports. The bureau says the contractor failed to install a security patch on a platform run by a third party, which sources named as Accenture. Leaked data reportedly includes counterintelligence job descriptions, operatives' home addresses and medical and psychiatric records of its employees.
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