Cybersecurity
British Hacker Who Stole TalkTalk Data Given Four Years in Jail
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A British man who hacked TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc, blackmailed executives and offered to supply customer data has been jailed for four years.
Daniel Kelley, 22, was sentenced after pleading guilty to 11 charges of hacking and blackmailing TalkTalk, London police said in a statement Monday. The cyber attack of the British telecoms firm took place in 2015, leaving around 20,000 accounts compromised.