Dec 15, 2016

TalkTalk hacker, 19, pleads guilty at the Old Bailey

Daniel Kelley, from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, pleaded guilty to hacking at the Old Bailey. Personal data belonging to nearly 157,000 customers was stolen from TalkTalk in October 2015. "Reacting to the prosecutions, a TalkTalk spokesman said:"The Metropolitan Police and the CPS have worked hard to find those responsible for the cyber attack, and we are pleased that their investigations have led to two successful prosecutions. In October, the Information Commissioner's Office imposed a record fine of £400,000 on TalkTalk for poor website security. Kelley's hacking offences involved TalkTalk and half a dozen other organisations.

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