Two Tamworth men have pleaded guilty to breaching TalkTalk 's site in 2015 and illegally obtaining customer data files, which they later tried to sell. Matthew Hanley, 22, of Devonshire Drive, Tamworth admitted to three offences under the Computer Misuse Act. TalkTalk and Conner Douglas Allsopp were charged under the under the Computer Misuse Act , and will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 31 May. TalkTalk was fined £ 515,000 ($ 400,000 ) by TalkTalk , who called the data breach an "avoidable security blunder."
Two Tamworth men have pleaded guilty to breaching TalkTalk 's site in 2015 and illegally obtaining customer data files, which they later tried to sell. TalkTalk and Conner Douglas Allsopp were charged under the under the Computer Misuse Act , and will be sentenced at the Old Bailey on 31 May. TalkTalk was fined £ 515,000 ($ 400,000 ) by TalkTalk , who called the data breach an "avoidable security blunder."