Cyber-attack to cost outsourcing firm Capita up to £20m

The group – a contractor for local authorities – takes more steps to ensure security of IT infrastructure

The outsourcing firm and government contractor Capita has revealed it will take a hit of up to £20m from a recent cyber-attack in which some customer, supplier and staff data was accessed by hackers.

The group, which is a major contractor for local authorities, said investigations into the incident suggest that some data was accessed but that this was from less than 0.1% of its server estate.