A cyber attack three years ago cost the Interserve Group more than £11m, the company has revealed in its latest financial results.
Scammers used a phishing email to gain access to personnel files on 2 May 2020 stealing the personal data of up to 113,000 current and former employees.
Compromised data included contact and bank account details, national insurance numbers, as well as ethnic origin, religion, details of disabilities, sexual orientation and health information.
Interserve was fined £4.4m by the Information Commissioner last year, after it found the company failed to put in place appropriate security measures to prevent the breach.
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