Summary: TalkTalk is investigating a data breach involving a third-party supplier after a threat actor began selling alleged customer data on a hacking forum. The company has stated that the number of affected customers is significantly overstated and that no financial information was compromised. Ongoing investigations suggest the data may have been stolen from the Ascendon SaaS platform rather than directly from TalkTalk.
Threat Actor: b0nd | b0nd
Victim: TalkTalk | TalkTalk
Keypoints :
- TalkTalk is investigating a data breach involving a third-party supplier.
- The threat actor claims to have data on nearly 18.9 million customers, which TalkTalk disputes.
- The data may have been stolen from the Ascendon SaaS platform, a service used by TalkTalk.