TalkTalk accused of "covering up" cyber attacks

Customers of the broadband firm, TalkTalk, have accused the company of “covering up” mass cyber-attacks, which has allegedly put millions of personal details, such as bank details, at risk.

Labour MP Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee stated that this was “alarming” and “unacceptable”, also suggesting that this should be “thoroughly investigated.” However, TalkTalk have labelled these allegations as “unfair”.

It was also alleged that frauds had already started to make cold-calls before TalkTalk had realised that customer details had been stolen.

A spokesperson of TalkTalk dismissed these allegations and stated, “We haven't been covering up anything. We went public with this within 36 hours. It's not easy to go much quicker. We cannot be accused of trying to hide the scale of this. This is deeply unfair.” 

However, the latest news to have emerged is that a 15-year-old boy was detained at his home in Northern Ireland, on Monday 26^th October. It has been alleged that he is involved in the hacking attach that caused millions of pounds to be wiped off from the share price.

The arrest came after the shares if TalkTalk had dipped by 12% to 225.3p.