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British Airways, Boots and BBC among firms hit by 'Russian-linked' cyber attack

The hack has suspected links to a Russian-speaking cybercrime gang called Clop.

Daily Record

Boots and British Airways among firms affected by global cyber attack

Leading payroll provider Zellis, which has its head office in Bristol, has confirmed some of its customers have been impacted

Birmingham Post

Thousands of British Airways, BBC and Boots staff compromised in major hack

Eight UK organisations said to be hit by Russian cybercriminals with key information believed stolen from payroll provider

Wales Online

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Capita cyber-attack: 90 organisations report data breaches

Outsourcing group runs pensions schemes for firms including Royal Mail and Axa

The Guardian - UK

Capita cyber-attack: USS pension fund members’ details may have been stolen

Universities Superannuation Scheme says it can not be certain information about 470,000 members is safe

The Guardian - UK

NHS outsourcer Capita says cyberattack cost it up to £20 million

Capita was hit by a ransomware attack in late March

Evening Standard

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

Corporate clients that outsource work to Capita – including Aviva and Phoenix Group – must ‘assess fallout from data breach’

The Guardian - UK

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Capita admits customer data may have been breached during cyber-attack

Hack caused major outages for some clients including local councils and ‘potentially accessed public sector data ‘

The Guardian - UK

Capita blames cyber-attack for outage as company races to restore IT systems

Outsourcing firm used by NHS, local councils and British army says attack mainly affected internal systems

The Guardian - UK

Failed IT systems at Capita fuel fears of cyber-attack on crucial NHS provider

Staff unable to access computers and local authority phone lines knocked out as outsourcing giant investigates possible data breach

The Guardian - UK

Only one in 10 cars will need to pay Ulez expansion fee as drivers take ‘pre-emptive action’

There’s been a jump in the number of Ulez-compliant cars in the zone, says Sadiq Khan

Evening Standard

Essential tips for PIP assessments over the phone, in-person or by video call as Capita wins contract extension

Capita will continue to assess claimants until February 2024.

Daily Record

DWP hands corporate giants £170million to run new wave of disability benefit tests

Atos and Capita have had their lucrative PIP assessment contracts extended for the fourth time without going out to competition - despite a litany of complaints

Daily Mirror

Plan unveiled to increase number of pupils at Leeds sixth form college

Elliott Hudson College is hoping to expand into a nearby office building

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Nottingham Post

Call for DWP review of PIP application process dismissed despite support

The petition, which remains open, has gained over 15k signatures so far

The Guardian - UK

‘They allowed us to be a guinea pig. And the guinea pig is dead’: the sorry saga of Barnet’s ‘easyCouncil’

A decade ago, the Tory-led London council went on a disastrous ideological outsourcing spree that it hoped could be a model for the rest of the country. Can the new Labour administration repair the damage?

Daily Record

DWP dismisses new call for full review of PIP application process including health provider assessments

Nearly 15,000 people have signed an online petition calling for a review into how DWP delivers PIP.

Daily Record

New petition calling for DWP to conduct full review of PIP health assessments due official response

The online petition has already received more than 10,450 signatures of support from across the UK.

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Evening Standard

Capita shares surge on £150 million fintech sale

It’s the latest effort by Capita to slim down operations and pay off large sums of company debt

The Guardian - UK

Covid drives biggest Sats results gap since 2012 for poorest pupils in England

Deprived children fall further behind better-off peers as they lose most learning due to coronavirus

Daily Record

New petition calls for DWP to conduct full review of PIP health assessments and application process

Two petitions created this week are campaigning for change in the way PIP is administered.

Manchester Evening News

Former Tesco Mobile and O2 call centre building to be converted into huge warehouse

Until last year, the building housed hundreds of call centre workers

The Guardian - UK

Former Tory council votes to end mass outsourcing of services

New council chief condemns ‘failed experiment’ under which Barnet called itself the country’s first ‘easyCouncil’

The Guardian - UK

I paid the congestion charge, but somehow still got fined

My payment was showing as ‘pending’, so I got in touch with Transport for London, but it didn’t help

The Independent UK

Government lost £98m amid failings with electronic tagging project – report

The failure to carry out a ‘fundamental transformation’ of the scheme has cost the taxpayer millions of pounds, the National Audit Office said.

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