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UK Police Make Third Arrest Over TalkTalk Cyber Attack (reuters.com)

Posted by timothy on from the upping-the-average-age dept.

An anonymous reader writes: British police have made a third arrest in connection with a cyber attack this month on telecoms company TalkTalk, in which the company said bank details of more than 20,000 customers were hacked. We mentioned the first of the three arrests on Monday; a second arrest took place Thursday, as related by Ars Technica, of a 16-year-old from west London. The latest arrest is of a 20-year-old from Staffordshire.

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  1. Hmmmm by khasim · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And that is why I find it difficult to believe all the claims of "Chinese hackers" who are "attacking" sites.

    Teenagers can crack a telecom. It isn't because the kids are that good. It's because so many organizations are that bad at basic security.