Accenture AWS S3 Bucket Data Exposure
Security researchers at UpGuard discovered four unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 storage buckets belonging to Accenture. These misconfigured buckets exposed sensitive data related to the Accenture Cloud Platform, including nearly 40,000 plaintext passwords, access keys for other cloud services (Azure and Google accounts), private digital signature keys, certificates, internal emails, and confidential customer data. Accenture was privately notified in mid-September 2017 and remediated the vulnerability within 24 hours.
Signal context
First seen: Sep 1, 2017
Last updated: Jul 8, 2026
Status: Public signal
Key points
- Four unsecured AWS S3 storage buckets were discovered by UpGuard.
- Exposed data included 40,000 plaintext passwords, access keys (Azure, Google), private digital signature keys, certificates, internal emails, and confidential customer data.
- The exposure was related to the Accenture Cloud Platform.
Signal analysis
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Sector: Information
Likely country: Location not provided
Watch internet-facing systems, credential abuse and exploit activity.
- Source type: outside the affected organization
Impact area: Confidentiality
Likely asset: User or customer data, Server or cloud data store
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- 88 signals with the same likely impact area
- 2 signals linked to this organization/domain
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