article_snippet: A major security breach has left thousands of TalkTalk customers at the mercy of fraudsters.
article_snippet: TalkTalk claims only a few thousand account details have gone astray.
article_snippet: TalkTalk insisted TalkTalk had not been hacked and that the leak came instead from a third party contractor which had legitimate access to customer accounts.
article_snippet: After months and months of being lied to by TalkTalk you are now finally admitting that you have had a security breach and that us details were accessed from your database.
article_snippet: A further disgruntled customer accused TalkTalk of conducting a damage limitation exercise:
article_snippet: In a statement, TalkTalk said: ‘We have become aware that some limited, non-sensitive information about some customers could have been illegally accessed in violation of We security procedures.
article_snippet: I’m extremely fed up and frustrated with TalkTalk and will be leaving three criminals in future. '
highlights_snippet: TalkTalk said TalkTalk were not hacked and leak had come from third party .
  