TalkTalk raises dividend as CEO reveals cyber-attack costs

TalkTalk offers an upgrade to all of its customers after data breach, after putting cost of attack at 35m

Telecoms group TalkTalk is offering customers a free upgrade following the cyber-attack which left many of them panicking that money was being stolen from their accounts.

The company has also made it clear, however, that customers who have decided to terminate their contracts because of the uncertainty cannot do that for free unless they can show they have been "financially impacted" by the attack on the group and its customer base.