Key facts
- An Accenture contractor was removed from the FBI on Monday over a data breach.
- The breach exposed sensitive personal details of thousands of FBI employees.
- A threat actor claimed to have stolen 35 GB of Accenture data, including source code and private keys.
- Accenture confirmed the breach and stated it has been remediated.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation removed an Accenture contractor on Monday due to their role in a data breach that exposed sensitive personal details of thousands of bureau employees, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The contractor's removal came after a threat actor, operating under the alias "888," claimed to have stolen approximately 35 GB of materials from Accenture. This data reportedly includes proprietary source code, RSA private keys, SSH private keys, Azure personal access tokens, Azure Storage access keys, and internal configuration files.