TalkTalk fined £100,000 for not protecting customers' personal data

Broadband provider found to have put 21,000 subscribers' data at risk by allowing 'rogue' staff at Indian contractor access to it

TalkTalk has been fined 100,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after the telecoms giant was found to have placed personal data from 21,000 customers at risk.

An ICO investigation found the company breached data protection laws after staff from an IT firm working with TalkTalk were able to access large amounts of customer data through an online company portal.