TalkTalk Breached by 15 Year Old Boy
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 10/29/2015 09:22 AM
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A "significant and sustained cyber attack" against U.K. ISP TalkTalk was pulled off by a 15 year old boy in Northern Ireland.
The London-based Metropolitan Police made the arrest of the boy, who later was released on bail. The charge was suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offenses.
TalkTalk said in a statement: "We know this has been a worrying time for customers and we are grateful for the swift response and hard work of the police."
A ransom demand was reportedly received by TalkTalk CEO Didi Harding on Friday; the hacker presumably threatened to dump customers' personal data online, a la Ashley Madison.
The breach put its customers names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, TalkTalk account information, and credit card and/or bank details in jeopardy. TalkTalk said that the "investigations...show that the information that may have been accessed is not enough on its own to take money from your bank account."
Source: PCMag.
The London-based Metropolitan Police made the arrest of the boy, who later was released on bail. The charge was suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offenses. TalkTalk said in a statement: "We know this has been a worrying time for customers and we are grateful for the swift response and hard work of the police."
A ransom demand was reportedly received by TalkTalk CEO Didi Harding on Friday; the hacker presumably threatened to dump customers' personal data online, a la Ashley Madison.
The breach put its customers names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, TalkTalk account information, and credit card and/or bank details in jeopardy. TalkTalk said that the "investigations...show that the information that may have been accessed is not enough on its own to take money from your bank account."
Source: PCMag.
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