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TalkTalk hacker given 12-month rehabilitation order

Carly Page

13 December 2016 • 1 min read

Teenager behind TalkTalk attack handed light punishment

The teen, who can't be name for legal reasons, behind a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and hack on internet service provider (ISP) TalkTalk has been sentenced to a 12-month rehabilitat...

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