{"id":4533,"date":"2018-11-19T17:12:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/talktalk-hack-attack-friends-jailed-for-cyber-crimes\/"},"modified":"2018-11-19T17:12:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:12:40","slug":"talktalk-hack-attack-friends-jailed-for-cyber-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/talktalk-hack-attack-friends-jailed-for-cyber-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"TalkTalk hack attack: Friends jailed for cyber crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"TalkTalk logo - generic image\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/03E7\/production\/_95799900_gettyimages-493919362.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Two Staffordshire men admitted charges after an attack on the TalkTalk website<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Two friends who took part in a \u00a377 million hack on the TalkTalk website have been jailed.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Hanley, 23, and Connor Allsopp, 21, both from Tamworth in Staffordshire, admitted their roles in the massive 2015 data breach which affected 1.6 million accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Hanley, described as a &#8220;dedicated hacker&#8221;, shared details of more than 8,000 customers with Allsopp.<\/p>\n<p>At the Old Bailey, Hanley was jailed for 12 months and Allsopp for eight.<\/p>\n<p>Sentencing, Judge Anuja Dhir QC said they were &#8220;individuals of extraordinary talent&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure that your actions caused misery and distress to the many thousands of the customers at TalkTalk,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/uk-england-birmingham-46241752\" class=\"story-body__link\">Latest news from the West Midlands<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The court accepted that neither Hanley, of Devonshire Drive, nor Allsopp, of Coronation Street, had &#8220;exposed the vulnerability in [TalkTalk&#8217;s] systems&#8230; but you at different times joined in,&#8221; Judge Dhir said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">&#8216;Little present&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>In November 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-37990246\" class=\"story-body__link\">a 17-year-old boy admitted posting details of a chink in the firm&#8217;s online security<\/a>, sparking the breach.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis by BAE Systems suggested there may have been up to 10 attackers. <\/p>\n<p>Hanley also obtained computer files including names and passwords for server systems belonging to Nasa, after a Skype contact forwarded the details as &#8220;a little present&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>TalkTalk spotted issues with its site on 21 October 2015 and launched an investigation before warning customers the following day.<\/p>\n<p>This led to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-34615226\" class=\"story-body__link\">then-CEO Dido Harding being subjected to blackmail attempts<\/a>, with hackers demanding Bitcoin in exchange for the stolen data.<\/p>\n<p>Hanley admitted hacking into the website between 18 and 22 October 2015, supplying data for hacking to another man and giving Allsopp the personal and financial details of customers.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Sophisticated, systematic hack<\/h2>\n<p>Allsopp also admitted obtaining the Nasa passwords.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard he had boasted of having this material and erased all the content off his computer before his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Allsopp admitted supplying customer details to another user for fraud as well as the necessary files for hacking.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Dhir said the pair were &#8220;both involved in a significant, sophisticated systematic hack attack in a computer system used by TalkTalk&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The total loss to TalkTalk as a result of this overall attack is estimated to be \u00a377 million but the loss does not end there,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>TalkTalk said it would not be commenting following the sentence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-46264327\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Two Staffordshire men admitted charges after an attack on the TalkTalk website Two friends who took part in a \u00a377 million hack on the TalkTalk website have been jailed. 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