MSE News: TalkTalk hit with record fine for hack

stephenliverpool1

Hi all,

I left T/talk before they were hacked last year. I used it to my advantage as I subscribed to Noodle credit alerts for 12 months. It will finish soon.

I also used T/talk to give me a price for unlimited b/band, Sky sports, and anytime sports and used this to my advantage to get an excellent deal with Sky for a 12-month contract for unlimited b/band and anytime calls. Suggest that anyone coming to an end with their phone, TV and/or b/band contracts give T/talk a ring to see what they are offering and then speak to other suppliers to get their offers. For me, I never had any intention of going back to T/talk after their problems last year.

For info, I think the most the ICO could have fined them was £500k.

MataNui

That fine is an absolute joke. The company i work for (a large online company) has an IT security budget multiples of times bigger than that fine. Looks like its actually cheaper for companies to not bother with online security of customer accounts at all and just pay the fines (if they ever get any).