Security News > 2011 > March > Murdoch reporter 'hired computer hacker'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/murdoch-reporter-hired-computer-hacker-2240975.html By Cahal Milmo and Martin Hickman Independent.co.uk 14 March 2011 A senior journalist at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World allegedly paid a private investigator to hack into the computer of a former intelligence officer. The BBC's Panorama programme, to be broadcast tonight, will claim that the hacking led to the interception of emails in July 2006, when the newspaper was being edited by Andy Coulson, who later resigned as the Prime Minister's communications director. Mr Coulson, who is not the senior journalist who allegedly commissioned the hacking, has always denied any knowledge of lawbreaking at the title. According to Panorama, one attempt centred on a former intelligence officer who had sensitive information about an informant in Northern Ireland who was the subject of a court order. Football managers are also said to have been the target of computer hacking. So far allegations of hacking at the News of the World (NotW) have involved the illegal eavesdropping of mobile phone voicemails. The NotW's royal editor Clive Goodman was jailed alongside a private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, four years ago for hacking the phones of royal aides. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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