Capita boss quits as potential fine looms for huge hack of confidential data

The Capita headquarters in the Copyright building, Berners Street, central London. Photograph: Robert Evans/Alamy

The chief executive of outsourcing firm Capita is to step down as the company reels from a cyber-attack that could result in a hefty fine from the UK’s information and privacy regulator.

Capita said Jon Lewis would step down by the end of the year, making way for Adolfo Hernandez, the vice-president of telecommunications at Amazon Web Services.