Storm in a teacup
Hysteria, encouraged by farcical 'reporters' at the remains of the Telegraph and the Times (very keen to encourage people to move to Sky of course)
As a happy Talktalk customer for 5 years plus, TT have confirned by email today:
• The number of customers affected and the amount of data potentially stolen is smaller than originally thought. Our website was attacked, but our core systems weren’t and remain secure.
• On its own, none of the data that may have been accessed could be used to leave you financially worse off.
• We don’t store unencrypted credit or debit card data on our site, so any card details which may have been accessed have the 6 middle digits blanked out. For example, it would appear as 012345XXXXXX6789. This means it can’t be used for financial transactions.
• No My Account passwords have been accessed.
• No banking details were taken that you won’t already be sharing with people when you write a cheque or give to someone so they can pay money into your account.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
