TalkTalk CEO admits firm did not take security seriously enough

Sooraj Shah
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Dido Harding said firm underestimated what was required

TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding has claimed that the firm thought it had taken security seriously prior to the crippling data breach last year, but admitted that the company had underestimated what was n...

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