Capita IT breach gets worse as Black Basta claims it's now selling off stolen data
Black Basta, the extortionists who claimed they were the ones who lately broke into Capita, have reportedly put up for sale sensitive details, including bank account information, addresses, and passport photos, stolen from the IT outsourcing giant.
A spokesperson for the London-based corporation, which has UK government contracts totaling £6.5 billion , said it hasn't yet confirmed if that data leak is legit. "We continue to work closely with specialist advisers and forensic experts in investigating the incident," a Capita spokesperson told"We are in constant contact with all relevant regulators and authorities. Our investigations have not yet been able to confirm any evidence of customer, supplier, or colleague data having been compromised."
Those regulators and authorities include the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, and an ICO spokesperson confirmed Capita had reported a network intrusion, sorry,"incident" to the data watchdog."We are assessing the information provided," the ICO spokesperson toldOnce it finalizes its own probe, Capita said it will"if necessary" inform all parties affected in the security breach.
"We have taken all appropriate steps to ensure the robustness of our systems and are confident in our ability to meet our service delivery commitments," the spokesperson said.
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