Update: TalkTalk Hacked: 4M Customer Records Stolen In Attack Linked To Islamic Cyberterrorism
David Gilbert reports:
TalkTalk, the U.K.-based telecoms company, has admitted that it has suffered its third major cyberattack in the last 12 months with data from its 4 million customers compromised by hackers in a “significant and sustained attack” on its website.
In the wake of the admission by TalkTalk, the company’s shares on the London Stock Exchange dropped 10 percent as news of the attack spread before rebounding slightly.
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