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‘X’ is named. Alleged computer hacker at the centre of News of the World scandal

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Feb

2012

For the first time, the identity of a man at the centre of allegations that computers were hacked on behalf of the disgraced News of the World newspaper has been named. The Guardian reports that security consultant Philip Campbell Smith is alleged to have used a Trojan horse to hack into a computer belonging to […]

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Was police chief’s computer hacked by journalists?

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Nov

2011

A senior police chief has been warned by British authorities that he may have been targeted by tabloid journalists and his computer hacked into. Sir Hugh Orde, who is currently President of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), was chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) at the time of the […]

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‘Journalists hacked UK government’ – police investigate evidence

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Nov

2011

UK police have warned a former British Cabinet minister that they are investigating evidence that his computer has hacked by private detectives working for Rupert Murdoch’s News International organisation and the disgraced “News of the World” newspaper. Peter Hain, who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between 2005-2007, has been told by Scotland […]

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