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Outsourcing giant Capita has been fined £14 million by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to protect personal data after hackers stole 6.6 million people’s information during a cyber attack in 2023.

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00:00Hello, I'm Greg Wright of the Yorkshire Post.
00:04Outsourcing giant capita has been fined £40 million by the Information Commissioner's Office
00:10for failing to protect personal data after hackers stole 6.6 million people's information
00:16during a cyber attack in 2023.
00:20The data watchdog said the breach in March 2023 saw the hackers access information
00:27including pension details and staff records as well as details of customers of organisations
00:33capita supports. In some cases this included sensitive information such as details of criminal
00:39records, financial data or so-called special category data which can include race, religion
00:46and sexual orientation. My name's Greg Wright, I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.
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