TalkTalk and Post Office routers infected by Mirai malware

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Unsecure devices hit by hackers

TalkTalk customers have been hit by a cyber attack believed to be of the same type that took out up to 900,000 users of Germany's Deutsche Telekom last week. It comes after Post Office Telecom a...

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