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Capita fined £14M after 58-hour delay exposed 6.6M records

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a £14 million ($18.6 million) penalty to outsourcing giant Capita following a catastrophic 2023 cyberattack that exposed the personal data of 6.6 million people. The fine breaks down as £8 million ($10.6 million) for Capita plc and £6 million ($8 million) for Capita Pension Solutions. The breach affected 325 of the 600-plus organizations that rely on Capita's services, compromising sensitive employee and pension records. The ICO's full report into Capita's failings [PDF] revealed the attackers accessed highly sensitive information, including full bank and credit card details, biometrics data, passport information, login details, child data, and more. The data exposed varied for each of the 6.6 million individuals caught up in the…

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Oct 15, 2025
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