Tuesday 27 October 2015

Telecoms boss warns firms of ‘cyber-security arms race’

The chief executive of TalkTalk has warned of a “cyber security arms race” threatening all companies as she revealed that she called in defence experts over the hack of its website.

Dido Harding said she contacted BAE Systems, which supplies cyber security to government agencies, following the attack, which saw swathes of customers’ data stolen.

She also warned that any company could be vulnerable and said she still was unsure of how many customers had been affected.

Police are investigating Wednesday’s attack, which TalkTalk said had affected its website rather than its “core systems”.

Ms Harding said: “This is a sort of cyber-security arms race. Criminals are learning how to do things. One of the first calls I made was to BAE.” For the full article click here 



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