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TalkTalk says WalkWalk if you've got a mouldy Tiscali email address, or pay £50 a year to keep it
2019-10-04 12:14

UK ISP gives legacy ex-customers an ultimatum TalkTalk will start charging £50 a year for its legacy email accounts unless you sign up as a broadband customer of the breach-scarred telco. And if...

UK Police Auction TalkTalk Hacker's Cryptocurrency Stash
2019-10-01 20:48

Will Auction Serve as a Model for Others Worldwide?British police have auctioned off bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies seized from a U.K. teenager who participated in the hack of the...

Now Uncle Sam would like a word with Brit teen TalkTalk hacker about a huge crypto-coin heist
2019-09-26 12:02

Someone's popular! One of the teens behind the 2015 hack on UK telco TalkTalk has been indicted in the US over a huge cryptocurrency heist.…

TalkTalk still struggles to shut down legacy email addresses on request
2019-09-26 08:15

Another ex-customer struggles to get hacked account killed off Months after The Register first wrote about TalkTalk failing to close a former customer's email address, the firm is still using the...

Teen TalkTalk hacker ordered to pay £400k after hijacking popular Instagram account
2019-08-19 13:03

Sanitised browser history sparked another investigation One of the crew who hacked TalkTalk has been ordered to hand over £400,000 after seizing control of a high-profile Instagram account...

UK Man Sentenced for 2015 TalkTalk Hack
2019-06-11 21:03

22-Year-Old Also Attacked His Former SchoolThe fallout from the 2015 TalkTalk hack continues as a 22-year-old U.K. man was sentenced to jail Monday for his role in the attack and other...

'Cynical and bullying' TalkTalk hackerhacker getsgets 4 yearsyears behindbehind barsbars
2019-06-10 19:07

Welsh scumbag sent down after trying to blackmail Brit ISP's then-CEO A Welsh man who hacked British ISP TalkTalk in 2015 and siphoned off subscribers' personal data has been sent down for four years.…

Teen TalkTalk hacker denies flogging stolen personal data for Bitcoin
2019-04-03 14:57

19-year-old also accused of breaching sex offence order, money laundering The teenager who hacked TalkTalk three years ago has been hauled before court charged with computer misuse offences after...

TalkTalk kept my email account active for 8 years after I left – now it's spamming my mates
2019-03-07 09:10

But ISP won't nuke nuisance without proof of ID TalkTalk has refused to delete a former customer's email address which was taken over by spammers – because the unfortunate person cancelled their...

Two Friends Who Hacked TalkTalk Receive Prison Sentences
2018-11-20 13:48

Telecom Company Says Total Losses Due to Data Breach Stand at $99 MillionTwo men who pleaded guilty to participating in the massive 2015 hack of London-based telecom company TalkTalk have been...