A 15-year old teenager has been arrested in Northern Island as he is suspected in taking part in the cyberattack on TalkTalk, a British telecommunication company.
The police said that there was a search in a house in County Antrim on Monday afternoon at about 16:20 GMT. The boy was then arrested on suspicion as to offences regarding the Computer Misuse Act.
A criminal investigation regarding the hacking was launched on Thursday.
According to BBC UK, "A police statement said this was a joint investigation involving the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), and detectives from the Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit (MPCCU)."
Last week, news broke that the TalkTalk website had been hit by a "significant and sustained cyber-attack."
In connection, TalkTalk said that banking details and personal information could have been accessed by the hackers. The telecommunication company also added that it does not have enough knowledge as to how much of their customer information has been encrypted.
A statement from TalkTalk said: "We know this has been a worrying time for customers and we are grateful for the swift response and hard work of the police. We will continue to assist with the ongoing investigation."
Later in the weekend, the chief executive of TalkTalk commented that the said the attack was "smaller" than originally thought. Credit card information accessed was accordingly incomplete. Thereby, it cannot be usable for financial transactions as many numbers appearing as an x.
Thereafter, business leaders immediately called for an urgent action on the aspect of cyber-attack.
On Monday the culture minister, Ed Vaizey, told the House of Commons that an inquiry into the TalkTalk hack will be launched by Jesse Norman, chair of the culture, media and sport select committee, according to The Guardian.
However, the investigations by both the Metropolitan police and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) continue.
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