TalkTalk website hit by cyber-attack

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edited 27 October 2015 at 10:33AM in Broadband & internet access
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For updated info from MSE read our MSE News story: Talk Talk website hacked: what you need to do now

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Police are investigating after a "significant and sustained cyber-attack" on the TalkTalk website, the UK company has confirmed.
The phone and broadband provider, which has over 4 million customers in the UK, said credit card and bank details could have been accessed.
The Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit is investigating the attack which happened on Wednesday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34611857
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  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 28,005 Forumite
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    Yep, went to log on:
    The TalkTalk website is unavailable right now


    On Wednesday 21st October, we experienced an attack to our website.
    A formal investigation by the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit is under way.
    Webmail is working as normal, but for more information, please call 0800 083 2710 or 0141 230 0707.
    Thank you for your patience,
    TalkTalk



    Can't believe they (and other companies) can charge people for a service and not secure personal data properly. Should be a criminal offence for directors.
    I think....
  • Rock_Bottom
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    Get ready to sue.
  • enfield_freddy
    enfield_freddy Posts: 6,147 Forumite
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    site totally down now https://sales.talktalk.co.uk/


    Tristia Harrison, TalkTalk's managing director said in a statement
    It said the website was now secure again and it had also contacted the major banks to monitor for any suspicious activity on customers' accounts.




    the only way to make it secure is to shut it down!
  • enfield_freddy
    enfield_freddy Posts: 6,147 Forumite
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    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29d7b000-7902-11e5-8564-b4bb9a521c63.html


    as a customer have you received the warning , I hav'nt!
  • Rock_Bottom
    Rock_Bottom Posts: 5,270 Forumite
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    enfield_freddy wrote: »
    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29d7b000-7902-11e5-8564-b4bb9a521c63.html


    as a customer have you received the warning , I hav'nt!

    No warnings here neither.
  • june.elizabeth
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    Heard nothing from them. Are you surprised?
    yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift thats why its called the present ;)
  • enfield_freddy
    enfield_freddy Posts: 6,147 Forumite
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    we will get a warning about 10 days after our credit card statements!
  • Forex_Fred
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    Just watched Newsnight and some woman from TT said they have notified all customers (they forgot me) and will be giving all customers free credit checks for a year. Will you still get that when you leave like I am going to. A bloody IT company that can't protect it's customers data. So all the data the hackers have obtained can be used to create false ID's. We should get compensation or free line and BB for a year. Just said on Sky that bank details were only partially encrypted.
  • Torry_Quine
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    No notification here either,
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  • enfield_freddy
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    worse that will happen is that a government department will fine them , pocket the fine , not give a monkeys about the customers , and Talk Talk put their prices up ,
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