UK police make fifth arrest in TalkTalk hack inquiry

An 18-year-old youth from Wales who was detained on Tuesday in the fifth arrest connected to a cyber attack on telecoms company TalkTalk was bailed on Wednesday pending further investigations, police said in a statement. Police searched an address in the town of Llanelli on Tuesday and took the youth into custody on suspicion of blackmail. TalkTalk said on Oct

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Police arrest 15-year-old in Northern Ireland over TalkTalk hack

Police arrested a 15-year-old boy in Northern Ireland on Monday over a cyber attack that may have led to the theft of data from among the 4 million customers of British broadband provider TalkTalk . A ransom demand was received by TalkTalk on Friday. “A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences,” London's Metropolitan Police, whose cyber-crime unit has been investigating the attack, said.

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