Accenture AWS S3 Bucket Data Exposure
Key points
- Action: error
- Attribute: confidentiality
- Impact: unknown
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Signal brief
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Organization
- Published
- Sep 1, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2026
- Confidence
- High
- Evidence
- 1 source
Structured assessment
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Threat source
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Business impact
- Impact area
- Unknown
- Likely asset
- Server or cloud data store
Mentioned entities
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Questions about this signal
What happened in this signal?
A cybersecurity incident involving accenture.com occurred on 2017-09-01.
When was this signal reported?
Shadow Tier lists Sep 1, 2017 as the signal date.
Which organization is connected to this signal?
Accenture is the organization connected to this public signal.
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Accenture Confirms Security Incident After 35GB Data Theft Claim
Accenture, a global professional services company, confirmed a security incident in July 2026 after a threat actor, identified as "888," claimed to have stolen approximately 35 GB of data from the company. The stolen data reportedly includes source code, RSA keys, SSH keys, Azure personal access tokens (PATs), Azure Storage access keys, and configuration files. The threat actor advertised the data for sale on a cybercrime forum and provided a screenshot as proof of exfiltration from a private Azure DevOps repository associated with accenture.com. Accenture stated that it is aware of the "isolated matter" and has remediated its source, asserting that there was no impact on Accenture's operations and service delivery. This incident follows previous security challenges for Accenture, including a 2017 exposure of sensitive data on unsecured AWS S3 buckets and a LockBit ransomware attack in 2021.
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