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MPs launch ‘TalkTalk’ inquiry over security of personal data online

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Dissent

It looks like the UK’s legislators are following in the footsteps of the Beltway: huff and puff, ask questions, and probably do nothing.

Alexander J. Martin reports:

Executives at TalkTalk, including CEO Dido Harding herself, may face a grilling from Members of Parliament over the shoddy security practices which led to the theft of than a million Britons’ data from her company.

This morning the Culture, Media and Sport Committee announced it had “launched an inquiry into cyber-security following the recent attack on TalkTalk’s website.”

The inquiry will be titled “Cyber security: Protection of personal data online inquiry” and follows confusion at TalkTalk as to how many customers’ details had been lost, and how dangerous such a loss might be to those customers.

Read more on The Register.

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