GoKawiilIT services giant Accenture has confirmed it suffered a security breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen 35 GB of source code and other data from the company.
"We are aware of this isolated matter, and we have remediated its source. There is no impact to Accenture operations and service delivery," Accenture told BleepingComputer.
Accenture is a global professional services company that provides consulting, technology, cloud, engineering, and managed services to businesses and governments worldwide.
The statement comes after a threat actor known as "888" claimed to have stolen 35 GB of data from the company in July and began offering the data for sale on a cybercrime forum.
"Today I am selling the Accenture Data Breach, thanks for reading and enjoy!," reads the forum post.
"In July 2026, Accenture suffered a data breach which resulted in just over 35gb of source codes getting stolen from the company."
According to the threat actor, the data includes source code, RSA keys, SSH keys, Azure PAT (personal access tokens), Azure Storage access keys, and configuration files.
Forum post attempting to sell stolen Accenture data
Source: BleepingComputer
To support their claims, the threat actor shared a screenshot that appears to show them cloning an Azure DevOps repository named "121123_AtriasTalentAcademy" that was hosted under a redacted accenture.com hostname. BleepingComputer could not independently verify the full scope of the data being stolen.
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