Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
An investigation into alleged computer hacking by a private investigator will not pursue further action against anyone, Metropolitan Police says. Operation Kalmyk looked at computer hacking offences in relation to suspected business espionage. As part of Kalmyk, which began in 2011, 22 people were interviewed under caution, 15 of them under arrest. The Crown Prosecution Service has now told Met Police there was insufficient evidence for any convictions. The Met had been consulting with the CPS throughout the course of the Operation Kalmyk investigation, which looked into the investigator’s alleged offences that were said to have been carried out on behalf of other clients. ‘Monumental waste’ The CPS has said it considered charging 15 suspects under the Computer Misuse Act. But on Wednesday, it said that had not been possible because the alleged offences were said to have been committed between 2005 and 2007, when the law included a six-month time limit for starting a prosecution. The BBC’s home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds says the high-profile inquiry was triggered in 2011 by a BBC Panorama investigation. This alleged a private investigator had obtained access to emails belonging to a soldier, Ian Hurst, who worked in army intelligence in Northern Ireland. […]
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