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U.K. ISP TalkTalk on Wednesday was hit with a "significant and sustained cyber attack." The website breach means "there is a chance" that customers' personal data was compromised, including names, addresses, date of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, TalkTalk account information, credit card details and/or bank details. "We are continuing to work with leading cyber crime specialists and the Metropolitan Police to establish exactly what happened and the extent of any information accessed," the company said. "TalkTalk constantly updates its systems to make sure they are as secure as possible against the rapidly evolving threat of cyber crime, impacting an increasing number of individuals and organizations," CEO Didi Harding said in a statement. "We take any threat to the security of our customers' data extremely seriously and we are taking all the necessary steps to understand what has happened here." According to the BBC, Harding received a ransom email demanding money. Presumably, those hackers have threatened to dump customers' personal data online, a la Ashley Madison, but Harding did not elaborate. TalkTalk has contacted customers to inform them of the breach and advise them on what to do. Major banks are also keeping an eye out for suspicious activity in users' accounts. |
PS Do check your email to see if TalkTalk have posted a Note?
In my instance NO
But on the My Account page it says
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The TalkTalk website is unavailable right now We are working to restore My Account as quickly as possible. You don't need to change your password until My Account is restored. As soon as it is, we'll explain how to do it. On Wednesday 21st October, we experienced an attack to our website. A formal investigation by the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit is under way. Webmail is working as normal, but for more information, please call 0800 083 2710 or 0141 230 0707. Thank you for your patience, |
TalkTalk DNS news(Possible account data accessed?)
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