Re: You brought up an interesting point
"Wonder why El Reg didn't pass the details directly to ICO, instead of TalkTalk? Also, how many other people have still active email accounts on TalkTalk?"
Because sadly it's quicker in this day and age to get a company to act if you're able to publish a story about them, than hand the issue to a third party who may take fucking ages to get a lesser result.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
