TalkTalk fined £400,000 for theft of customer details

TalkTalk has been fined a record £400,000 for poor website security which led to the theft of the personal data of nearly 157,000 customers.

The cyber attack on its website took place in October 2015.

The Information Commissioner's Office, which imposed the fine, said security was so poor that the attack succeeded "with ease".

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