TalkTalk customer data exposed via third-party supplier platform
UK firm TalkTalk launched an investigation after customer data held on a third-party supplier platform was accessed and misused without authorisation. The attacker claimed to have obtained data on around 18.84 million people, but TalkTalk said the figure was vastly exaggerated. No financial information was held on the system.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- TalkTalk
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to and misuse of customer data held on a third-party supplier platform
- Location
- United Kingdom
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Timeline
- TalkTalk investigated unauthorised access to and misuse of customer data, saying the attacker's claim of around 18.84 million people affected was vastly exaggerated.
- TalkTalk confirmed a data breach linked to a third-party platform.
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