According to the report, TalkTalk customers began reporting problems on the TalkTalk forums late last year. Whereas, in some cases, hackers used customer details to scam bank information from the victims. TalkTalk has confirmed that "a small, but nonetheless significant" number of customers have ha...
In fact, a number of customers claimed that they received scam phone calls a few days before TalkTalk disclosed the attack (Bain, 2015). For those who were in a long contract with TalkTalk, this was especially frustrating because TalkTalk did not all...
All TalkTalk customers are offeredHomeSafeandCallSafeat no extra cost. HomeSafe is a network-level web filter that blocks access to inappropriate websites, whereas CallSafe screens incoming phone calls to stop unwanted and scam calls from getting through. In addition, you can add theSuperSafe Boo...
A breach toward the end of last year led to a number of TalkTalk customers receiving scam calls in which the stolen information was used to trick them into thinking they were being made by real TalkTalk staff. Some were persuaded to hand over their bank details or sign up to unnecessary so...
urges customers to be wary of unexpected phone calls that ask for personal information with respect to their TalkTalk accounts. On that same day, Harding confirms thatTalkTalk received a ransom messagein the form of an email from a group of hackers allegedly responsible for the breach. The compa...