Security News > 2023 > May > Britain's largest private pension scheme reveals scale of Capita break-in

Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK's largest private pension provider, says Capita has warned that details of almost half a million members were held on servers accessed during the recent breach.

The USS made the disclosure today, saying that it uses Capita technology platform, Hartlink, to manage in-house pension administration processes, and was working closely with the scandal struck Capita since the digital burglary in March.

Capita has kept quiet on the culprit but initially said 4 percent of its servers were accessed and it had evidence data was exfiltrated.

Last week, Capita - which administers 450 pensions in the UK with 4.3 million members - wrote to pensions customers warning that servers accessed may have contained their data.

"In a statement sent to The Register, a Capita spokesperson said:"Capita continues to work closely with specialist advisers and forensic experts to investigate the incident and we have taken extensive steps to recover and secure the data.

The cost of the clean-up effort is one aspect for Capita, but as analyst Megabuyte noted this week: "Reputational damage for a key supplier to critical UK government services such as Capita is likely far greater." .

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