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TalkTalk attack - comments fro Arbor Networks
October 2015 by Richard Brown, Director EMEA Channels & Alliances at Arbor Networks
Following the news that TalkTalk has suffered an attack resulting in website downtime and customer data being at risk, please find below comments from Richard Brown, Director EMEA Channels & Alliances at Arbor Networks.
This is just the most recent attack in what is a long line of breaches against large well-known organisations storing huge volumes of at-risk customer data.
Dido Harding already reiterated that cybercrime is the ‘crime of our generation’, something the that ONS realised last week when it was included in its official crime report for the first time.
All organisations should view this attack as the latest warning that they need to sit up and realise that cybercrime is now one of the biggest threats to their reputation, profitability and customer base. Tools and processes should be put in place to protect the network and deal with any issues if an attack does occur. As the wide range of organisations shows – any business is at risk. However, customers need to also take responsibility for their personal data. Simple steps can be taken to reduce the impact to them if such attacks do occur such as using different passwords for different accounts.
