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Boy, 15, arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with TalkTalk hack

He has been held on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act, after the telecoms company's website was hit by a cyber attack last week which affected its four million customers.

The boy was apprehended during a raid in County Antrim by Northern Ireland police officers working with Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit detectives. They also said that they've issued a search warrant for the address where he was discovered.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland are running a joint investigation with the London-based Metropolitan Police into the cyberattack on TalkTalk, which provides fixed-line telephone and broadband services across Britain.

Scotland Yard said: "An arrest has been made in connection with the investigation into alleged data theft from the TalkTalk website".

A FIFTEEN-year-old Irish boy has been arrested in connection with a serious data breach of telecommunications giant TalkTalk.

The attack, which took place on Wednesday, prompted the company to deny accusations of laxity and say its security was "head and shoulders" above that of its competitors. According to a recent report in The Daily Star, customers affected could be in line for a payout up to £1,000.

The company's chief executive Dido Harding has come under fire for failing to address concerns from experts that its systems would not be able to withstand a major breach. They opened a full-fledged investigation into the hack on Thursday, the BBC said. TalkTalk said on Saturday that the attacker probably gleaned less financial information than initially thought, but announced on Monday that a few banking information, such as account numbers, may have been stolen.

Following the hack of TalkTalk's database, company shares fell be over 12 percent.

Business leaders have called for urgent action to tackle cyber crime in the wake of the TalkTalk attack.

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