FCA urges Capita clients to ascertain if data was compromised in cyber-attack

One of the government’s biggest suppliers, with £6.5bn of public sector contracts, Capita was the target of a cyber-attack in March that the firm admits may have resulted in a breach of client and customer data. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

The City regulator has contacted Capita’s corporate clients urging them to ascertain whether their customers’ data has been compromised after a cyber-attack on the outsourcer in March.

The Financial Conduct Authority said it had written to firms it regulates and which outsource work to Capita to ensure they are “fully engaged” in assessing the fallout from the data breach.