A fourth person has been arrested in connection with the investigation into alleged data theft from TalkTalk. On the evening of Tuesday, 3 November, detectives from the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU) and officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) executed a search warrant at an address in Norwich. A 16-year-old boy [D] was…
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TalkTalk data being used to con seniors
A caution from the Daily Mail: In the past week, many pensioners have told the Daily Mail how they have fallen victim to conmen pretending to be from TalkTalk. They often claim to be offering compensation for the data breach before asking for victims’ bank account details. Last night a senior cyber-crime officer warned: ‘The…
UK: TalkTalk update on breach lowers estimate of number impacted
From TalkTalk, yesterday: Since the cyber attack on our website on Wednesday 21st October 2015, we have been working to establish what happened and, importantly, understand the extent of any individual customer data stolen during this attack. In light of the potential scale of attack, our responsibility last week was to inform all customers as…
Third arrest in TalkTalk data breach
Levi Winchester and Nick Gutteridge report that a 20-year old man from Staffordshire has become the third person arrested in connection to the TalkTalk breach. It’s not clear from the reporting whether either or both of the two teens previously arrested provided information to the Metropolitan Police that led to this arrest. Read more on…
Ghosts in the machine: the real hackers hiding behind the cliches of TalkTalk and Mr Robot
Simon Parkin writes: The portrait of the hacker as an antisocial, lonesome deviant is pervasive and seemingly indelible. This week, for example, the British tabloids rounded on a child who has been arrested in connection with the hacking of telecommunications provider TalkTalk’s porous servers in order to access customers’ personal data. The Daily Mail’s front page referred…
Second arrest in TalkTalk hack
There’s been a second arrest in the TalkTalk data breach case. And again, it’s a teenager that’s been arrested. Police confirmed that an unnamed male 16-year old from Feltham, West London, was arrested on charges under the Computer Misuse Act. He’s out on bail now. Read more on Bit-Tech. If TalkTalk wants to argue its…