Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TalkTalk has been fined a record £400,000 for security failings over a cyber attack which allowed customer data to be accessed ‘with ease’, a watchdog announced. The Information Commissioner’s Office said the attack last October could have been prevented if The…
Mentor TalkTalk hackers, don’t criminalise them, says cyberpsychologist
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Teenagers involved in online attacks such as the TalkTalk hack should be mentored rather than criminalised, to ensure society benefits from ‘their incredible skillset’, according to cyberpsychologist Mary Aiken. “As a society, do we really want to criminalise 13, 14 and…
TalkTalk hack was just friends having a laugh: Cyber-criminals who witnessed data breach said there were no criminal mastermind behind attack… and they just did it
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers have claimed ‘at least 25’ cyber-criminals had access to TalkTalk customers’ personal information following the attack on the company. Four people who claim to have witnessed the attack unfolding, including one who said they were involved, told Channel 4 News…
Web Summit: TalkTalk hack ‘tip of a tiny iceberg’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A panel of cybersecurity experts at Wednesday’s Web Summit warned that recent hacker attacks such as those of Ashley Madison and TalkTalk are “the tip of a teeny, tiny iceberg” and that the cyber equivalent of 9/11 could happen and is…
TalkTalk hacked details sold in black market for just over a pound each
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hacked TalkTalk customers’ bank details are now up for sale for just over a £1 each in black market websites. Express reported that the details emerged online Sunday. The information includes people’s names, phone numbers, addresses, and even account numbers. Charging £1.50…
TalkTalk reveals 1.2million customer email and phone numbers along with 21,000 bank details were stolen in hack – as police arrest another teenager over cyber attack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The data hacked in the TalkTalk cyber attack ‘is significantly less than suspected’ with fewer than 21,000 bank details accessed, the company has said. TalkTalk today revealed that 1.2 million customer email addresses, names and phone numbers were accessed, along with…
Talktalk hack could expose customers’ bank details
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TalkTalk’s chief executive has apologised to customers after a “significant and sustained cyber attack” on its website left millions of people potentially at risk of having had theircredit card and bank details stolen . Police are investigating the hack amid speculation…
‘Babyface hacker who paralysed a phone giant’: Son of a single mother, TalkTalk suspect, 15, is violent video game addict who rarely leaves his bedroom
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The boy of 15 arrested over the TalkTalk cyber-attack is a baby-faced loner and gaming fanatic nicknamed ‘Vicious’ who rarely leaves his bedroom. The reclusive youngster is suspected of being behind the huge security breach that has put the banking details…
TalkTalk hack: Family of 15-year-old alleged hacker ‘feel like prisoners in their homes’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The family of a 15-year-old alleged hacker accused of involvement in a huge cyber attack on TalkTalk feel like prisoners in their homes, it was claimed yesterday. The video-game loving boy was arrested in connection with one of the largest cyber…
TalkTalk hack: industry hits back after Daily Mail targets ‘gaming addict’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The gaming industry has hit back after theDaily Mail claimed a suspect arrested in connection with the TalkTalk hack was a “violent video game addict”. The UKIE, the UK’s games industry body, told WIRED that there was “no link between addiction or…