Local Authorities Take Action on Data Breach

Several local authorities in the UK have been impacted by a data breach following the cyber attack at Capita in March.

Capita is a leading provider of business process services and has numerous contracts with the UK government.

Capita is working with a number of councils including Colchester City Council and Rochford District Council to minimise any impact on residents.

Both Rochford and Colchester councils expressed their disappointment with Capita. Capita have been involved in a number of data breaches.

The benefits details of Colchester City Council’s residents were left exposed on an unsecured Amazon Data Bucket that was controlled by Capita. More than 7,000 people who were affected by the data breach were written to or emailed by Colchester City Council.

Capita said: "The data is secure and no longer accessible." It was reported that there was no evidence that the data was accessed for malicious purposes.

All the local authorities that have been impacted are working with Capita and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to take appropriate actions to address the incident.

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