Cyber attack halves TalkTalk full-year profit

Dan Worth
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Full-year profits fall from £32m to £14m in wake of incident

TalkTalk has posted profits of £14m for its 2016 financial year, less than half the £32m posted in 2015, owing to the cyber attack on its systems in 2015. TalkTalk's financials show that the fir...

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