Atlassian Bug Sparks Major US Government Data Breach: Over 6,000 Employees Exposed

When the Atlassian bug bared its digital fangs, over 6,000 US government workers felt the byte. CGI Federal is patching up this techno-ooopsie, while officials play cyber-sleuth for potential agency-wide “bug bites.” Stay tuned for more gigs and gigs of updates! #GovernmentDataBreach

Published: Added: February 14, 2024 at 8:12 amAssembled by: J J
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It seems even Uncle Sam isn't immune to the classic 'blame it on the software bug' excuse when it comes to cybersecurity whoopsies. And really, with a name like Atlassian Confluence, you'd think it would be better at, I don't know, confluing securely? CGI Federal is now playing the world's least fun game of hide and seek with potentially compromised data. Spoiler alert: no one's enjoying the game.

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