Third arrest made over cyber attack which hacked 20, 000 bank accounts

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LONDON: British police have made a third arrest after bank details of 20, 000 customers of a telecoms company TalkTalk were hacked in a cyber attack in October.

A 20-year-old man from Staffordshire, central England, was being held in custody and his address was being searched, London police said in a statement.

On Thursday a 16-year-old boy was arrested in west London and later released on bail. Earlier in the week, police detained a 15-year-old boy in Northern Ireland who was also released on bail.

Also on Saturday, Vodafone UK revealed that hackers had accessed the accounts of 1,827 of its customers this week.