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Dido Harding received £2.81m in pay despite TalkTalk losing £60m in cyber attack

Sooraj Shah

20 June 2016 •

But bonus and long-term incentive pay were reduced

TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding received an increase in salary despite the telecoms company being the victim of a cyber attack that cost £60m and 101,000 customers. Baroness Harding, who said she was ...

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