Importance of Supply Chain security
Responding to Supply Chain threats
Another reminder as we start 2025 as to the importance of supply chain security. The Cyber Security Government Strategy (current to 2030) reminds us of the growing risk and importance in keeping close to our supply chain partners. https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/supply-chain. We continue to work with businesses, helping to integrate their supply chain relationships and risk with their Incident Response Plans. It remains critical when hackers and others suggest there is a risk, to investigate and assess quickly and to re assure investors and boards.
As yet unverified. TalkTalk disclosed this week that their Security team was engaged with an investigation within their supply chain. The data may have been stolen from the Ascendon rather than directly from TalkTalk. Colorado based CSG Ascendon have not confirmed a breach has taken place.
A number of websites and forums have posted details where a hacker named ‘b0nd’claimed on Thursday 23rd January 2025 to have access to nearly 19 million customer records, including TalkTalk customers. ‘b0nd” posted on the Breach Forums community, a hacker forum.
TalkTalk have suggested the posts are somewhat exaggerated and have suggested the data does not include financial data, but may be limited to IP addresses, names and addresses. This may well be the case as TalkTalk is the UK’s 5th largest ISP and Telco with somewhere between 3.6-4m customers. TalkTalk continue to investigate, presumably with the support of the National Cyber Security Centre.
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