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Capita fined £14m for data protection failings in 2023 cyber-attack

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Feed Name: The Guardian – Data & Computer Security

Threat Score
80/100

Date Published: 2025-10-15

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Robert Booth UK technology editor

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*Executive summary:* Capita was the victim of a March 2023 cyber-attack that led to the theft of personal data for 6.6 million people, installation of ransomware, reset of user passwords and exfiltration of almost 1 TB of data; the Information Commissioner fined Capita £14m after finding failures in patch management, understaffed SOC and inadequate testing.

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