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  "id": 12389343,
  "title": "FBI removed an Accenture contractor after a data breach exposed thousands of employees' records",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/fbi-removed-an-accenture-contractor-after-a-data-breach-exposed",
  "topic": "tech",
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  "published": "2026-10-06T13:20:32.000Z",
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  "summary": "The contractor failed to apply a security patch to Oracle PeopleSoft, which hackers exploited to steal sensitive FBI employee data",
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        "title": "Exclusive-Accenture contractor removed from FBI following damaging data breach, sources say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/exclusive-accenture-contractor-removed-from-fbi-following-damaging-12269963",
        "published": "2026-10-06T00:58:11.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Exclusive-Accenture contractor removed from FBI following damaging data breach, sources say",
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        "published": "2026-10-06T01:00:46.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Accenture contractor ousted from FBI post breach",
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        "published": "2026-10-06T01:15:46.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: the FBI removes an Accenture contractor over a breach exposing thousands of employees' data; the FBI says a contractor failed to apply a security patch (Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/sources-the-fbi-removes-an-accenture-contractor-over-a-breach",
        "published": "2026-10-06T11:20:01.000Z"
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