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TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding warns of cyber security 'arms race' following website hack
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The chief executive of TalkTalk has warned of a "cyber security arms race" threatening all UK companies as she revealed she called in defence experts over the hack of its website. Dido Harding said she contacted BAE Systems, which supplies cyber security to government agencies, following the attack which saw swathes of customers' data stolen. Baroness Harding told the Times: "This is a sort of cyber security arms race.


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