Property News · March 11, 2017

Has TalkTalk’s security been breached yet again?


Customers claim scammers have fresh details of their accounts – and even a new router passwordFraudsters are believed to be targeting TalkTalk customers again, this time on an “industrial scale”, amid claims that a gang based in India is using details stolen in recent weeks. Despite repeated reassurances by the telecoms provider that it now has a tight grip on security, some customers claim they are receiving calls from what they believe to be scammers, armed with details about router numbers and passwords, which they say could only have come from within the company.While TalkTalk insists it has not been a victim of a fresh theft or security breach, the BBC reported this week that it had been contacted by three Indian whistleblowers who claim to have been among hundreds of staff using stolen UK TalkTalk data (although the BBC did admit it couldn’t verify the claims). Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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