Security News > 2023 > July > Lawyer sees almost 1,000 complainants sign up to Capita breach class action

The law firm that last month sent a Letter of Claim to Capita over the breach in late March says it has signed up nearly 1,000 clients as it prepares a class action lawsuit aimed at the outsourcing biz.

The Pension's Regulator advised clients to speak to Capita to ascertain the risk.

The Universities Superannuation Scheme, Britain's largest private pension plan, also warned its half a million members of the potential dangers, saying data on Capita's servers related to 470,000 active, deferred and retired members, and Capita had advised them to assume some data had been accessed or copied.

Step forward Barings Law, the Manchester-based solicitor that sent a Letter of Claim to Capita in June to outline the case for its clients, which at that point totaled 250 individuals.

"No papers have yet been served to court by Barings Law, and Capita had three months to reply to the Letter of Claim sent weeks ago. The solicitor previously told us:"Capita may respond to say they are investigating this breach as due to the size and nature of the breach these investigations take time.

Capita continues to investigate the breach with the help of external specialists, and reckons the total cost of the clean-up will be in the region of £20 million, though analyst Megabuyte pointed out that reputational damage will be far greater.

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