#publisher Metro » There’s a cyber arms security race and we should all be afraid Comments Feed alternate alternate Metro WordPress.com [tr?id=1522229268091476&ev=PageView&noscript=1] IFRAME: //www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NX8Q6N This site uses cookies. By continuing, your consent is assumed. Learn more News... but not as you know it 68.3m shares Trending Nutshell * Home * News + UK + World + Weird + Tech * Sport + Football + Oddballs + Club Metro + Transfer news + Viral videos * Entertainment + Showbiz + TV + Film + Music + Gaming + Celebrity Big Brother + Soaps * Lifestyle + Sex + Fashion + Food + Travel * More + Lifestyle + Blogs + Competitions + Jobs + Property * Search Metro * Follow us There’s a cyber arms security race and we should all be afraid Richard Hartley-Parkinson Richard Hartley-Parkinson for Metro.co.ukMonday 26 Oct 2015 7:00 am There's a cyber arms security race and we should all be afraid map.norsecorp.com 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. She also warned any company in the UK could be vulnerable and said she still was unsure how many customers had been affected. Police are investigating Wednesday’s attack, which TalkTalk said had affected its website rather than its ‘core systems’. MORE: TalkTalk set to face ‘£75 million losses’ after devastating cyber attack MORE: TalkTalk boss receives email from ‘cyberattackers’ demanding ransom Dido Harding CEO of Talk Talk.nnCITY - PETER CAMPBELL INTERVIEW - Dido Harding says TalkTalk has contacted BAE systems after a major cyber attack on the company Baroness Harding told the Times: ‘This is a sort of cyber security arms race. Criminals are learning how to do things. One of the first calls I made on Wednesday was to BAE.’ The company has claimed data stolen in the attack would not allow criminals to plunder customers’ bank accounts, as complete credit card details were not stored in its system and account passwords were not accessed. The peer also told the Daily Telegraph: ‘Do I wish I had done more? Of course I do. But would that have made a difference? If I’m honest I don’t know. ‘This is happening to a huge number of organisations all the time. The awful truth is that every company, every organisation in the UK needs to spend more money and put more focus on cyber security – it’s the crime of our era.’ People walk past a company logo outside a TalkTalk building in London, Britain October 23, 2015. Britain's TalkTalk said a "significant and sustained" cyber attack on its website could involve the theft of private data from all of the broadband supplier's more than 4 million customers. "Investigation is ongoing but unfortunately there is a chance that some of the following data has been compromised: names, addresses, date of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, TalkTalk account information, credit card details and/or bank details," the company said in a statement late on Thursday. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (Picture: Reuters) Scotland Yard is investigating alongside the National Crime Agency (NCA) but no arrests have been made. Officers are investigating a ransom demand sent to the telecoms giant following the attack by someone claiming to be responsible and seeking payment. The firm said it was not sure if the message was genuine. The latest breach is the third in a spate of cyber attacks affecting TalkTalk in the last eight months, with breaches in August and February also resulting in customers’ data being stolen. 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