The privacy watchdog is urging groups using the outsourcing giant to check if data has been exposed.
Around 90 organisations have reported breaches of personal data held by Capita, the outsourcing giant, according to an privacy watchdog.
Capita is used by a large number of public and private organisations and they handle the personal information of millions of people. Security researcher Kevin Beaumont told the BBC the first incident, which he is "very confident" was a ransomware attack, was significant because of the breadth of data potentially at risk which could expose victims to fraud.
Organisations must notify the ICO within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal data breach, unless it does not pose a risk to people's rights and freedom.The cyber attack in March hit a number of pension funds which use a Capita system called Hartlink.asking them to check if their data had been put at risk by the attack.
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