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TalkTalk
UK phone and broadband provider TalkTalk said its site was the target of a “significant and sustained cyberattack” on Wednesday, and there’s a chance that all four million of its customers’ personal information, including credit card details, may have been accessed. The company took down its sites yesterday and has been working to secure its systems and subsequently bring them back online. The Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit is investigating the matter but hasn’t yet been able to ascertain just how many customers’ account details may have been compromised. TalkTalk notes that not all of its data was encrypted, which…

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