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A #USS member has reported suspicious activity on her credit file following the Capita data breach. The #USS member signed up to the free ID theft service offered by USS to 470000 members whose data was put at risk by the Capita cyber hack in March.
The #USS member - a professor - got in contact with me to raise her concerns about the #USS breach. Upon signing up to the free Experian service, she discovered three online betting companies had made credit checks on her on May 15 - she did not recognise these companies.
She subsequently discovered an online gambling account had been opened in her name - without her knowledge - with at least one of the companies. She is dealing with this. No direct evidence of a link with the Capita data breach but the timing is neat.
The message from the #USS member is that she is glad she checked her credit file. She says everyone impacted by the Capita data leak should do so. She has written to #USS urging the organisation to do more for members caught up in the data leak.
The incident has been reported to Action Fraud - the member tells me. I looked up the name of one of the online betting companies - they were registered in Malta. Difficult to deal with companies which are not subject to UK rules.
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