[DarkKnight]

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the TalkTalk hacking attack, Scotland Yard has said.

Metropolitan Police said a house had been searched in County Antrim on Monday afternoon at about 16:20 GMT.

The boy was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences.

He has been taken into custody at Antrim police station and is being questioned by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

A search of the address is ongoing and inquiries continue.

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).

News that the TalkTalk website had been hit by a "significant and sustained cyber-attack" broke last Wednesday.

The phone and broadband provider, which has over four million UK customers, said banking details and personal information could have been accessed.

A criminal investigation was launched on Thursday.

The company said it did not know how much of their customer information had been encrypted.

At the weekend, TalkTalk's chief executive said the attack was "smaller" than originally thought.

Dido Harding said any credit card details taken would have been partial and the information may not have been enough to withdraw money "on its own".

Card details accessed were incomplete - with many numbers appearing as an x - and "not usable" for financial transactions, it added.

Business leaders have called for urgent action to tackle cyber crime in the wake of the TalkTalk attack.

On Monday, MPs said an inquiry would be launched into the cyber-attack that could have put customers' details at risk.

Culture minister Ed Vaizey told the House of Commons the government was not against compulsory encryption for firms holding customer data.

Shares in the telecoms company fell more than 12% in Monday trading, extending its losses from last week, when news of the attack first emerged.

TalkTalk has said the cyber-attack was "smaller" than originally thought.

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[Jiggly]

Cannot believe a 15 year old would be solely responsible and am surprised it's not a law for firms holding customer data to encrypt said data.

[DarkKnight]

Cannot believe a 15 year old would be solely responsible and am surprised it's not a law for firms holding customer data to encrypt said data.

He must be some L33T hacker.

[Jiggly]

He must be some L33T hacker.

Not very l33t if he got caught. xD

[DarkKnight]

Not very l33t if he got caught. xD

You got a point. If you can't get away with it, it's not fully worth it.

[Jiggly]

You got a point. If you can't get away with it, it's not fully worth it.

Reminds me of class clowns in school. They thought they were the shit for breaking rules and got caught for everything. The people who actually were the shit were the ones who could break the rules and get away from it.

[SilkSnake]

When I hear about teens doing major computer shit and I'm just ... 25 and a stupid web plumber.

[Jiggly]

When I hear about teens doing major computer shit and I'm just ... 25 and a stupid web plumber.

I can top that. I'm an Art student.

[Conch]

He didn't do this alone.
There were 3 involved, him, a 16 year old, and a 20 year old man.
TalkTalk are weak, Pixie Dust can break any WPS encryption in seconds.

[Jiggly]

He didn't do this alone.
There were 3 involved, him, a 16 year old, and a 20 year old man.
TalkTalk are weak, Pixie Dust can break any WPS encryption in seconds.

TalkTalk concern me a lot. This is the third time this year.... Pathetic.