The council said the firm told them it was looking into the issue and had currently seen no evidence that the historic benefits data, relating to the 2019-21 financial years, had been used maliciously.Īt the start of May, the UK's Pension Regulator urged hundreds of pension funds to check if client data may have been compromised after Capita was the target of a suspected ransomware attack.Ĭapita said at the time its investigation suggested the cyber-incident occurred as a result of unauthorised access to its systems. The BBC has approached Capita for comment.
On Wednesday, it said that data relating to benefits people were receiving was being stored in an insecure way by the firm. The council launched a probe into the incident on Monday, saying that Capita failed to safely store personal data.
Colchester City Council is investigating what it is calling a "serious data breach" involving the outsourcing contractor Capita.
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