Closing post
Markets are now nervously waiting the Federal Reserve’s announcment on US interest rates, in four hours time.
Our US Politics Live blog will have all the action, along with developments on the US debt ceiling, as fears of an unprecedented default rise.
Here are today’s main stories:
The UK financial regulator has contacted clients of Capita, the outsourcer which suffered a cyber attack in March, urging companies including insurers and pension funds to determine customer data losses from the data breach, the Financial Times reports.
The involvement of the Financial Conduct Authority comes amid growing concerns over what the hackers may have accessed.
Over the weekend, The Pensions Regulator confirmed it had written to the hundreds of pension funds that employ Capita to help administer their payment systems, urging them to “determine whether there is a risk to their scheme’s data”.
The FCA told the Financial Times:
“We have continued to engage with Capita since their cyber incident was reported to understand the extent of any data compromise and impact on the firms they provide outsource services to including their underlying customers.”
FCA contacts Capita’s clients over cyber attack https://t.co/ChPIYaWqKH
— FT for Schools (@ft4s) May 3, 2023
