Fifteen-year-old boy arrested over TalkTalk hack

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TalkTalk CEO's talk of being targeted by 'cyber jihadis' may have proved wide of the mark...

A 15-year-old boy in Northern Ireland has been arrested in connection with the cyber attack against internet service provider TalkTalk last week. The arrest was made yesterday afternoon by offic...

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