​TalkTalk has been urged to take its cybersecurity more seriously after failing to take action to fix a website vulnerability flagged by an anonymous hacker. Consumer security is an important aspect and if we can get organisations to care about the consumer security model, then it would also hint that they care internally about their own security model. TalkTalk journalists were told of the scripting error and shown how it allowed the hacker to take control of the website and potentially target customers to steal their data. The company fixed the flaw after being contacted by TalkTalk but the hacker said Sky News was first made aware of the issue in October 2015 and had not responded to suggestions it be addressed.
​TalkTalk has been urged to take its cybersecurity more seriously after failing to take action to fix a website vulnerability flagged by an anonymous hacker. TalkTalk journalists were told of the scripting error and shown how it allowed the hacker to take control of the website and potentially target customers to steal their data. The company fixed the flaw after being contacted by TalkTalk but the hacker said Sky News was first made aware of the issue in October 2015 and had not responded to suggestions it be addressed.