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| TalkTalk hack cost the company 100,000 customers and £80m | TalkTalk hack cost the company 100,000 customers and £80m |
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| TalkTalk lost more than 100,000 customers following the hacking attack in October, in which four million customers were warned that their personal data was put at risk. | TalkTalk lost more than 100,000 customers following the hacking attack in October, in which four million customers were warned that their personal data was put at risk. |
| In the end, the data of just 157,000 people were compromised, but the bad press in the weeks surrounding the incident were feared to cause an exodus. | In the end, the data of just 157,000 people were compromised, but the bad press in the weeks surrounding the incident were feared to cause an exodus. |
| The 101,000 customers that left represented less than 3 per cent of the subscriber base. | The 101,000 customers that left represented less than 3 per cent of the subscriber base. |
| Rival network Sky added 144,000 customers in the last three months of 2015, while BT added 130,000, partly because of losses at TalkTalk. | Rival network Sky added 144,000 customers in the last three months of 2015, while BT added 130,000, partly because of losses at TalkTalk. |
| “We saw a big dip inevitably in early November and then the business started returning to normal through December and very much back to normal now,” Harding said on Tuesday. | “We saw a big dip inevitably in early November and then the business started returning to normal through December and very much back to normal now,” Harding said on Tuesday. |
| Five young men aged between 15-20 were arrested after the attack and freed pending an investigation. | Five young men aged between 15-20 were arrested after the attack and freed pending an investigation. |
| Additional reporting by Reuters | Additional reporting by Reuters |
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