Talk Talk Cyber Attack: 15-year-old hacker held in County Antrim

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the Talk Talk hacking attack according to Scotland Yard, under the suspicion of Computer Misuse Act Offences. A house in County Antrim has been searched by police on Monday 26^th October 2015 afternoon.

The Phone and broadband provider, Talk Talk website had been hit by a “significant and sustained cyber attack” last week, and four million of their UK customers banking and personal information could have been accessed. As a result the shares in the company fell more than 12 per cent in Monday trading extending its losses from last week.

Culture minister Ed Vaizey told the House of Commons the government is not against compulsory encryption for firms holding customer data,