TalkTalk website hit by cyber-attack

SallyG

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34636308
"what we've learned so far indicates that the TalkTalk attack is not a sophisticated assault by a nation state or organised crime, but a crude stick-up from crooks demanding a ransom to go away."

Just watched a H of C urgent question debate on TT - - Ed Vaizey useless.

looks as though they'll be called to account by select committee?

enfield_freddy

I was able to add the freeby easily , log onto your account , go to my accounts , my products , 2nd one down is noodle alerts , click to buy and enter the code in the box then press redeem

Deep_In_Debt

enfield_freddy wrote: »

I was able to add the freeby easily , log onto your account , go to my accounts , my products , 2nd one down is noodle alerts , click to buy and enter the code in the box then press redeem

I've just done this and no probs - quick and easy.

ripplyuk

I'm not sure what to do. I left talktalk in May this year. I've since moved house so I have a different address and also have a new landline number. I'm not sure if this will be enough to prevent any fraudulent activity with my bank account. I have the same credit card and bank account numbers. I'm not registered for Internet banking so I'm wondering if that will help prevent thieves accessing my account or not.

Should I close my bank account to be on the safe side? And cancel my credit card? Or, is it worth just keeping a close eye on my accounts, which I do anyway. Are talktalk offering the years free noddle alerts for ex-customers? I think I'd prefer experian anyway. Maybe I should just sign up to that for a year.

cookie365

vision2009 wrote: »

Just had another call from the T.T scammers.
Have been getting a few calls lately from scammers pretending to be from T.T about my broadband. Number unavailable, they knew my name.
Apparently T.T can do nothing about them.
Extremely annoying to say least.
Anyone know the e-mail for the CEO???

What do you expect TT to be able to do about it?

enfield_freddy

you can get noodle (call credit) free of charge for life , once registered read post 233 to add the free email alert , from memory the code was TT231 , might work better to register first then add this , this extra is valid for 12v mths


noodle is only a one day a month "snapahot" , not real time , call credit is only a small CRA , try also (free) https://www.clearscore.com/?utm_source=Clearscore+Customers&utm_campaign=6af4fb6664-Global_Nav_Update_AB_Test10_6_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fd88658f83-6af4fb6664-117603777


cant remember if that is expedian or exifax

2010

Police arrest a 15 year old Northern Irish boy who did the TT hacking.

http://www.itv.com/news/story/2015-10-26/boy-15-arrested-in-northern-ireland-over-talktalk-hack/

fermi

fermi

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34643783

50Twuncle

So a 15 year old kid was able to defeat a multi-National companies security ......

Anyone else concerned ?