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Accenture (ACN) rose 5.1% to $259.72 after Wells Fargo increased its price target by 20% to $252, maintaining an Equal-Weight rating. The stock's market cap reached $158.8B on high volume, despite the target being below the closing price.

An Accenture employee allegedly connected a personal AI agent to a U.S. Department of Defense system, enabling unauthorized data transfers for two months. The incident involved sensitive unclassified information on NIPRNet, with credentials and network details sent to a third-party site. Accenture denies the claims, while the DoD declined to comment. The breach raises concerns about AI security, compliance, and reporting rules for contractors.

Accenture's Federal Services secured a $151.46M contract for missile engineering services under the Alliant 2 contract. The task order includes engineering, development, security, and operations, with a ceiling value.

Accenture's contract for Employment Insurance modernization grew from $94M to $328M in 16 months, according to ESDC. The overall program's spending authority is now $6.6B. Deloitte's contract for the same program also saw increases. The project is expected to fully migrate Employment Insurance by 2028.

Wells Fargo maintained an Equal-Weight rating on Accenture (ACN) but raised its price target to $252.00 from $210.00, indicating a 20% increase in expectations. According to GuruFocus, ACN is 29.1% undervalued with a GF Value™ of $351.64. The company has a GF Score™ of 92/100, showing strong performance in profitability and growth. Insider selling totaled $3,770,485 over the last three months.

The Department of Veterans Affairs made a $151M payment to Accenture Federal Services LLC for electronic health record modernization support. Accenture (ACN) has received $3.7B in government contracts over the past year, including $260M for this project. Insiders and members of Congress have recently traded ACN shares, with notable hedge fund activity also reported.