FBI Removes Accenture Contractor After Patch Failure Led to ShinyHunters Breach

FBI Removes Accenture Contractor After Patch Failure Led to ShinyHunters Breach Ravie LakshmananOct 06, 2026 The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has removed an Accenture contractor for their alleged role in a ShinyHunters-breach that led to the theft of personal details of thousands of bureau employees. That's according to a report from Reuters, citing two sources familiar with the matter. "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," Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the FBI's cyber division, was quoted as saying to the FBI. "As such,…