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| Boy, 15, arrested in Northern Ireland over TalkTalk hack | Boy, 15, arrested in Northern Ireland over TalkTalk hack |
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| A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland over the TalkTalk hacking attack, Scotland Yard has said. | A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland over the TalkTalk hacking attack, Scotland Yard has said. |
| In a statement, Metropolitan Police said a house had been searched in County Antrim on Monday afternoon at about 16:20 GMT. | |
| The boy was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences. | The boy was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences. |
| He has been taken into custody at Antrim police station and is being questioned by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland. | |
| A search of the address is ongoing and inquiries continue. | |
| The statement said this was a joint investigation involving the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), and detectives from the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU). | The statement said this was a joint investigation involving the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), and detectives from the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU). |
| News that the TalkTalk website had been hit by a "significant and sustained cyber-attack" broke last Wednesday. | |
| The phone and broadband provider, which has over four million UK customers, said banking details and personal information could have been accessed. | |
| A criminal investigation was launched on Thursday. | |
| The company said it did not know how much of their customer information had been encrypted. | |
| Business leaders have called for urgent action to tackle cyber crime in the wake of the TalkTalk attack. | |
| On Monday, MPs said an inquiry would be launched into the cyber-attack that could have put customers' details at risk. | |
| Culture minister Ed Vaizey told the House of Commons the government was not against compulsory encryption for firms holding customer data. | |
| Shares in the telecoms company fell more than 12% in Monday trading, extending its losses from last week, when news of the attack first emerged. | |
| TalkTalk has said the cyber-attack was "smaller" than originally thought. |