Security News > 2023 > June > Capita faces first legal Letter of Claim over mega breach

Capita is facing its first legal claim over the high profile digital burglary in late March that exposed some customer data to intruders and will cost the outsourcing biz around £20 million to clean up.

Barings Law, based in England's northwest, says it dispatched a Letter of Claim to Capita last week to outline its clients' case and their list of worries.

Last month Capita wrote to pension customers - it administers 450 pension schemes with 4.3 million members - to warn of potential unauthorized access to their data which was held on servers involved in the breach.

"Malik at Barings said today:"One would think Capita may have put robust measures in place following the first instance, but now innocent people, through no fault of their own, find themselves in really worrying circumstances.

Capita has three months to reply to the Letter of Claim, he added.

"Capita may respond to say they are investigating this breach as due to the size and nature of the breach these investigations take time. The ICO will also be investigating. Capita could wait for ICO to conclude their investigation before fully responding."

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