Capita says data breach occurred in cyber incident

Up to 4% of Capita’s server estate was affected but services have been restored

Jasmine Urquhart
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Capita says data breach occurred in cyber incident

Capita said a data breach occurred during a cyber incident last month which primarily affected access to internal Microsoft Office 365 applications.

In an update issued yesterday (20 April) the pensions administration and consulting firm said the unauthorised access to its services on 22 March, interrupted by Capita on 31 March, potentially aff...

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