Phone Hacker Must Reveal Who at News Corp. Gave Instructions, Court Rules

Enlarge image Ex-Private Investigator Glenn Mulcaire Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Ex-private investigator Glenn Mulcaire. Ex-private investigator Glenn Mulcaire. Photographer: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Glenn Mulcaire, the ex-private investigator who hacked into celebrities’ voice mails for News Corp. (NWSA)’s News of the World, lost a U.K. appeal to avoid giving “incriminating” evidence in…

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Wikileaks docs reveal that governments use malware for surveillance

The latest round of documents published by Wikileaks offers a rare glimpse into the world of surveillance products. The collection—which Wikileaks calls the Spy Files—includes confidential brochures and slide presentations that companies use to market intrusive surveillance tools to governments and law enforcement agencies. A report that Wikileaks published alongside…

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NOTW hacker told to reveal associates

Updated: 19:57, Sunday August 21, 2011 The News of the World investigator at the heart of Britain’s phone hacking scandal has been ordered by a court to reveal who instructed him to illegally access voicemails, lawyers say. Glenn Mulcaire, who was jailed for six months in 2007 for intercepting messages…

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Hacker pressured to reveal associates

Updated: 06:01, Sunday August 21, 2011 The News of the World investigator at the heart of Britain’s phone hacking scandal has been ordered by a court to reveal who instructed him to illegally access voicemails, lawyers say. Glenn Mulcaire, who was jailed for six months in 2007 for intercepting messages…

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