Capita admits customer data may have been breached during cyber-attack

Hack caused major outages for some clients including local councils and potentially accessed public sector data

Outsourcing group Capita, which runs crucial services for the NHS and military, has for the first time admitted that hackers accessed potential customer, staff and supplier data during a cyber-attack last month.

The company said its investigation into the attack - which caused major IT outages for clients including local councils - found that hackers infiltrated its systems around 22 March, meaning they had around nine days before Capita interrupted" the breach on 31 March.