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FBI contractor removed after breach from missed security patch
Original: FBI contractor removed after data breach due to unapplied security patch
A contractor working with the FBI has been removed following a data breach attributed to a security patch that was never applied. The incident highlights ongoing concerns about third-party risk management and basic patching hygiene, even within organisations handling sensitive government data. Details about the scale of the breach and the type of data exposed have not been disclosed.
Why now: The breach shows that even the FBI's ecosystem can be compromised by a basic failure to patch, drawing attention to contractor cybersecurity practices.
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