Three hacked: 'Inside job' puts six million customers' private data in jeopardy

Carly Page
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Three men arrested in connection with breach

UK telco Three has been hacked, with up to six million customers' data sets now understood to be under threat. Three confirmed the breach on Thursday, revealing that hackers used an employee log...

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