A hack on the TalkTalk website affecting up to four million customers may have been carried out by Islamic extremists, a former Scotland Yard cybercrime detective has claimed.
The online encyclopedia introduced a worldwide blackout of its English language website, affecting about 25 million users, on Wednesday in protest at internet piracy laws being considered by US legislators.
The planned cancellations, listed on the firm's website, affect a range of services, mainly in the West Midlands.
The content of a website affects both trust and distrust: privacy issues had an effect on distrust and security signs enhanced trust.
Websites affected by the attack include OneStopPhoneShop.co.uk, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk, and Carphone Warehouse also provides services to TalkTalk Mobile, Talk Mobile, and to its own recently launched iD mobile network.
Websites affected include the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office.
The company becomes the latest in a line of websites affected by credit card skimming code.
The owners of websites affected by the takedowns will also apparently be notified.
Earlier reports put the number of total websites affected at 284 — we are asking PKNIC if that number is accurate.
Klijnsma warned that there will be many more card skimming groups and many more websites affected — larger and lesser-known sites alike that have yet to be discovered.
And to say social websites affect the brain makes it sound much more dramatic than it is.
