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Submission + - 15-year-old boy arrested in connection with TalkTalk hack (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Phil Ronan
Phil Ronan writes:

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.

In other news, businesses leaders are calling on the govenment to take "urgent action" against cyber-criminals, because somehow the security of their online systems is the government's responsibility, not theirs (?).

Submission + - Facebook paid £35m in staff bonuses, but only £4,327 in corporation (theguardian.com)

Submitted by Phil Ronan
Phil Ronan writes: After getting away with paying £0 corporate tax in 2013, Facebook UK has announced that its corporate tax payment for 2014 (total revenue: £105 million) is going to be £4,327. This is a tiny fraction of the £35 million pounds given away by the company in staff bonuses over the same period.

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