2026 Capita Civil Service Pensions portal - ABS issue exposed other members' personal data
Data compromised
Civil service pension Annual Benefit Statement data, including personal member information such as names and addresses per union reporting
Technical writeup
The Register reported that Capita limited Civil Service Pensions Scheme portal functionality after an issue briefly exposed personal Annual Benefit Statement data. Capita said the exposure lasted around 35 minutes on March 30, 2026 and affected 138 members who either received personal ABS data belonging to other members or had their own data seen by other members. The Information Commissioner's Office received a report and was assessing the matter.
Root cause
Portal logic or data-generation issue causing Annual Benefit Statements to expose the wrong member data