Fourth Teen Arrested in ISP TalkTalk Breach
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 11/05/2015 09:48 AM
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The Metropolitan Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday night following the TalkTalk cyberattack.
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU) and officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested him on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences. He's been released on bail until late March 2016.
A 20-year-old man was arrested in Staffordshire on Saturday, a 16-year-old was detained in Feltham the previous Thursday, and a 15-year-old was arrested in Northern Ireland on Monday, Oct. 26, all on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences.
The breach resulted in the theft of customers' private information — including names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses, telephone numbers, TalkTalk account information, credit card details and bank account information.
TalkTalk reports the following were accessed:
• Less than 21,000 unique bank account numbers and sort codes
• Less than 28,000 obscured credit and debit card details (as previously stated, the middle 6 digits had been removed)
• Less than 15,000 customer dates of birth
• Less than 1.2 million customer email addresses, names and phone numbers.
Source: Mashable
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU) and officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested him on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences. He's been released on bail until late March 2016. A 20-year-old man was arrested in Staffordshire on Saturday, a 16-year-old was detained in Feltham the previous Thursday, and a 15-year-old was arrested in Northern Ireland on Monday, Oct. 26, all on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences.
The breach resulted in the theft of customers' private information — including names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses, telephone numbers, TalkTalk account information, credit card details and bank account information.
TalkTalk reports the following were accessed:
• Less than 21,000 unique bank account numbers and sort codes
• Less than 28,000 obscured credit and debit card details (as previously stated, the middle 6 digits had been removed)
• Less than 15,000 customer dates of birth
• Less than 1.2 million customer email addresses, names and phone numbers.
Source: Mashable
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