Members of the UK’s largest academic pension scheme have been warned that their personal details may have been stolen during a cyberattack.
Up to 470,000 members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) could be affected by the breach after hackers targeted the computer servers of outsourcing firm Capita, whose services were used by the USS.
Capita’s technology platform Hartlink is used by the USS’ in-house pension administration processes, a statement said.
The USS had been “liaising closely with the company over the course of its forensic investigations” since the incident was first reported.
