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Irish Credit Unions Hire Tracing Agents to Steal Private Customer Data

18
Aug
2014

A journalistic investigation discovered that credit unions in Ireland contracted the services of private investigators to retrieve personal information about their customers. Also known as tracing agents, the private investigators resorted to false identities to obtain the private details from state entities, Department of Social Protection being among them. According to the Irish Independent, who […]

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Phone hackers ‘sought details of Kylie Minogue’s cancer treatment’

12
Aug
2014

London: British private investigator Glenn Mulcaire hacked the voicemails of Kylie Minogue’s siblings, Dannii and Brendan, so News of the World could write intimate details about the pop star’s cancer treatment in Melbourne in 2005.

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NoW hacker Glenn Mulcaire used ATM for phone hacking

01
Jul
2014

Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the centre of the News of the World scandal, hacked a cash machine and used its phone line to gain access to victims’ voicemails.

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