Security News > 2023 > April > Capita cyberattack disrupted access to its Microsoft Office 365 apps
British outsourcing services provider Capita announced today that a cyberattack on Friday prevented access to its internal Microsoft Office 365 applications.
The cyber incident prompted the Capita on March 31 to announce an IT issue that impacted its internal systems.
In a short press release today, Capita acknowledge that the outage was caused by a cyberattack.
"Our IT security monitoring capabilities swiftly alerted us to the incident, and we quickly invoked our established and practiced technical crisis management protocols. The issue was limited to parts of the Capita network, and there is no evidence of customer, supplier, or colleague data having been compromised" - Capita.
Currently, Capita is working towards the complete restoration of access to Microsoft Office 365 and other client services and reports progress with this endeavor.
BleepingComputer has contacted Capita to learn more about the cyberattack and its impact but has not heard back.
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