Murdoch’s News Group admits benefiting from hacking of army officer's emails

Publisher to pay damages to Ian Hurst after admitting ‘vicarious liability’ as Labour calls for case to be taken into account in assessing Murdoch bid to buy SkyRupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the Sun and the now-closed News of the World, has apologised in court and agreed to pay damages to a former army intelligence officer whose computer and emails were hacked.In a hearing at the high court on Friday, News Group admitted that a private investigations firm had hacked the computer of Ian Hurst and that its boss, Jonathan Rees, had then sent intercepted information to the newspaper publisher. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amberley picks up 'comprehensive' history of the British Indian Army by Rathee

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YouTube admits deleting Novara Media the ‘wrong call’

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News Corp is going ‘only positive’ on climate but did Gina Rinehart miss the memo? | The Weekly Beast

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