M&S and Diageo pension schemes hit by Capita cyber assault
Capita has warned the pension schemes of Marks and Spencer, Diageo, Unilever and Rothesay that their members’ private knowledge was more likely to have been stolen by hackers throughout a cyber assault on the UK outsourcer.The pension funds have been amongst a whole lot of personal sector retirement schemes that used Capita to help their pension administration companies. Capita detected a cyber incident in March and confirmed in April that it had been the victim of a hack that had affected some prospects.The M&S pension scheme stated on Thursday the assault could have affected the safety of private knowledge for a “giant proportion” of scheme members together with the “majority” of pensioners who had labored on the retailer. It added that “if private knowledge is accessed it ...