M&S and Diageo pension schemes hit by Capita cyber attack

Funds say members’ personal data is likely to have been stolen in security breach

Capita has warned the pension schemes of Marks and Spencer, Diageo, Unilever and Rothesay that their members’ personal data was likely to have been stolen by hackers during a cyber attack at the UK outsourcer.

The pension funds were among hundreds of private sector retirement schemes that used Capita to support their pension administration services. Capita detected a cyber incident in March and confirmed in April that it had been the victim of a hack that had affected some customers.