TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for failing to protect the data of its customers and running the danger of it falling into the hands of scammers and fraudsters.
TalkTalk was found to have violated the Data Protection Act by giving workers access to a significant amount of consumer data, according to an ICO investigation.
The lack of sufficient security measures made the data vulnerable to abuse by dishonest personnel.
The compromised information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and account numbers.
Three Wipro accounts were found to have been used to acquire unauthorized and illegal access to the personal information of up to 21,000 consumers, according to a specialized investigation by TalkTalk.
They investigated the incident and took preventive steps to secure its portal.
"id": "TAL175781122",
"linkid": "talktalk",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "08/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"