TalkTalk has been fined £100,000 for failing to protect 21,000 of its customers data, and putting it at risk by allowing contractors to access it.
Jason Hart, CTO, Data Protection at Gemalto and former ethical hacker said it is the important to punish businesses that fail to protect their customers’ data. He said: “This fine should serve as a warning to all other companies that they need to ensure they are protecting their customers’ data.
“GDPR is just around the corner, so this is likely to be just the start of things and we’ll soon start to see what the real picture of cybersecurity is like throughout Europe. If businesses are not protecting data at its source they will no longer be able to hide any breaches that occur and ultimately deserve to be fined.”
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