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Thousands of TalkTalk and Post Office customers in the UK have been cut off from the internet for days.
The reason? A malicious attack against poorly-protected broadband routers.
Continue reading TalkTalk and Post Office customers lose internet access as routers hijacked
Thousands of TalkTalk and Post Office customers in the UK have been cut off from the internet for days.
The reason? A malicious attack against poorly-protected broadband routers.
Continue reading TalkTalk and Post Office customers lose internet access as routers hijacked
TalkTalk would love the world to think that they suffered a highly sophisticated and sustained attack.
But if you watch my video you’ll find the true story is somewhat different.
Continue reading As teenager admits hack, let’s not forget TalkTalk’s shameful security
How *did* scammers know that a brand new TalkTalk customer was experiencing a technical problem?
Or did they just get lucky?
Continue reading Brand new TalkTalk customer is targeted by phone scammer
Big wad of taxpayer cash to be spent on “cyber defences,” says chancellor Hammond. Continue reading UK government vows to sink $2.3 billion into new cybersecurity plan
Big wad of taxpayer cash to be spent on “cyber defences,” says chancellor Hammond. Continue reading UK government vows to sink $2.3 billion into new cybersecurity plan
Webpages vulnerable to SQL injection and software left unpatched for 3.5 years…
ICO investigation reveals the shoddy state of security at TalkTalk.
Continue reading TalkTalk fined record £400,000 for failing to prevent hack
By Uzair AmirAnother day another scam but this one is targeting peopleThis is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hacked TalkTalk data used in scamming people with thousands of pounds Continue reading Hacked TalkTalk data used in scamming people with thousands of pounds
The Mirror reports on Michael Robinson, who is taking British broadband provider TalkTalk to court after they were hacked and he suffered at the hands of scammers:
Mr Robinson, of Whitburn, near Edinburgh, who is claiming “substantial” compensation said: “We have suffered mentally.”
TalkTalk reveal more than 150,000 customers and 15,000 bank accounts hacked
He says the crooks also got hold of his wife’s details and photos of his children.
His bank refunded £257 after a conman called, saying he was from TalkTalk.
TalkTalk said: “Scammers only had minimal, inconsequential information.”
Minimal? Inconsequential? Hmm. Personally, I think minimal information would have been zero.
The scammers exploited information about TalkTalk customers (including names, dates of birth, address, email address, phone numbers, full bank account numbers and sort codes) seemingly stolen through an elementary SQL injection attack on the TalkTalk website.
In the hands of a criminal such information can easily be used in a scam telephone call to trick the unwary into believing they are talking to a member of TalkTalk staff.
TalkTalk, however, only offered to waive affected customers’ termination fees if victims could show that they had lost money as a direct result of the information above being stolen, not as a consequence of a subsequent scam phone call using the sensitive data.
TalkTalk would be wise to consider that trust takes years to build, seconds to lose, and a lifetime to regain (if you’re lucky).
Every one of those scammed customers will never use TalkTalk again, will tell all of their friends and family never to use TalkTalk, and some may even – like Michael Robinson – be tempted to seek financial redress through the courts.
Should the salaries of CEOs be linked to how well their company has protected itself against security threats?
British MPs certainly seem to think so.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
Continue reading ⊛ CEO salaries should be linked to their firm’s cyber security, says UK parliament