Government supplier Capita hit by IT issue sparking fears of cyberattack

No evidence of any data being compromised, says Capita, although cause of the outage remains unclear

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Government supplier Capita hit by IT issue sparking fears of cyberattack
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Government supplier Capita hit by IT issue sparking fears of cyberattack

UK outsourcer and government contractor Capita said Friday that it has launched an investigation into an IT failure that resulted in staff being unable to access key systems, causing disruptions to...

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