Hacking
# hacking - Monday 28 November, 2011
Guido Fawkes to address Leveson inquiry on Thursday, says judge
At today’s hearing, Charlotte Church said media coverage destroyed her credibility, while TV presenter Anne Diamond said reporters arrived on her door within an hour of her discovering her son’s cot death.
# hacking - Thursday 24 November, 2011
“They have no human feeling at all”: Max Mosley speaks at Leveson inquiry
Sienna Miller spoke today of being chased by a dozen photographers down dark streets, while JK Rowling described trying to protect her children from press intrusion.
# hacking - Wednesday 23 November, 2011
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
Catch up on the day’s biggest stories as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.
# hacking - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
Leveson day two: Steve Coogan claims News of the World writer ‘tricked’ him on affair
The Leveson inquiry today also heard evidence from a former advisor to supermodel Elle Macpherson and the parents of a boy who say he took his life after upsetting media coverage of his sister’s death.
# hacking - Monday 21 November, 2011
The Daily Fix: Monday
Catch up on the day’s biggest stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
Hugh Grant names new publication in phone hacking inquiry
Meanwhile, Twitter commentary on today’s hearings were distracted for a time by a #womanontheleft…
Dowlers believed murdered daughter Milly was still alive after phone hacking
The mother of the murdered teenager told the Leveson Inquiry today that she believed it was her daughter who had been deleting voice messages from her phone.
# hacking - Sunday 20 November, 2011
Celebrities to testify at UK phone hacking inquiry
Public figures including Hugh Grant, JK Rowling and Sienna Miller are to appear alongside other alleged phone hacking victims including Madeleine McCann’s father.
# hacking - Wednesday 16 November, 2011
Facebook falls victim to hardcore pornography ‘spam attack’
Thousands of users report seeing their timelines clog up with hardcore porn – the potential work of the Anonymous group.
# hacking - Monday 14 November, 2011
Scale of phone hacking at News International becoming clearer
Today was the opening day of the Leveson inquiry into press standards. It was told that evidence showed at least 28 News International staff were named in notes belonging to private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.
# hacking - Thursday 10 November, 2011
Landis convicted in France over doping lab hacking
The court in Pari has given the disgraced, former Tour de France winner a 12-month suspended prison sentence — six months fewer than the penalty sought by the state prosecutor.
Watch: Murdoch rejects ‘mafia’ assertion in evidence to MPs
The News Corporation came under heavy attack as he gave more evidence to MPs today.
iTunes targeted by hackers in alleged €10million ‘clickjacking’ ring
Seven men have been charged over a malware scam that infected four million computers worldwide.
James Murdoch to appear before MPs to answer more hacking questions
Murdoch is due to answer questions about evidence he gave in July which has subsequently been contradicted.
# hacking - Wednesday 2 November, 2011
Hacking: documents put pressure on James Murdoch
News International’s James Murdoch will face more questions from MPs next Thursday.
# hacking - Friday 21 October, 2011
Murdoch family to come under pressure at News Corp AGM
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and sons will likely face the ire of shareholders angry over the company’s association with the phone hacking scandal in the UK.
# hacking - Friday 14 October, 2011
Accused celebrity hacker apologises for violating stars’ privacy
The man accused of hacking into the personal accounts of stars like Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis has apologised, saying “what I did was probably one of the worst invasions of privacy someone could experience”.
# hacking - Wednesday 12 October, 2011
Man charged in probe over nude Scarlett Johansson photos
The 35-year-old is also accused of targeting Mila Kunis and Christina Aguilera in wide-ranging “hackerazzi” activity.
# hacking - Sunday 2 October, 2011
‘We use the poor people’ – Thailand’s PM falls victim to Twitter hacker
The anonymous hacker posted a series of apparently damning messages from Yingluck Shinawatra’s official account.
# hacking - Tuesday 20 September, 2011
Milly Dowler’s family offered £3m settlement by News International
The sum is one of the largest settlements ever considered by a news organisation – and reflects how the News of the World interfered with a police investigation and gave the Dowler family false hope that the schoolgirl was still alive.
# hacking - Monday 19 September, 2011
News International close to settlement with Dowler family
The family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler has reportedly been offered a £2m-plus compensation settlement by News International.
# hacking - Friday 16 September, 2011
Celebrities to take part in hacking inquiry
Harry Potter author JK Rowling is among the 46 victims of hacking or press intrusion who have been invited to give evidence at an inquiry into the scandal.
# hacking - Tuesday 13 September, 2011
James Murdoch faces more questions amid new hacking saga developments
Murdoch junior must answer more questions from MPs, it has emerged, on another day of new developments in the phone hacking saga that has rocked the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corporation.
# hacking - Saturday 10 September, 2011
NBC Twitter account hacked with details of “Ground Zero attack”
Two days before the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the @NBCNews account is compromised by hackers spreading “news” of an attack.
# hacking - Wednesday 7 September, 2011
Guardian reporter questioned over hacking scandal leaks
Amelia Hill has broken a number of stories, naming people arrested as part of the phone hacking investigation by police in London.
# hacking - Monday 5 September, 2011
Tony Blair ‘is godfather’ to Rupert Murdoch’s daughter
The former British prime minister’s close link to the media tycoon has been revealed in a magazine interview with Murdoch’s wife.
# hacking - Friday 2 September, 2011
Take 5: Friday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Teenagers arrested over Fine Gael website hack released without charge
Two teenagers were arrested yesterday in connection with the hacking of Fine Gael’s website last January.
# hacking - Thursday 1 September, 2011
Teenagers arrested over Fine Gael site hacking
The party’s website was hacked in January, compromising the personal details of around 2,000 people.
# hacking - Wednesday 24 August, 2011
Arizona drivers warned of ‘rogue panda rampage’
Local police say that, contrary to the hacked electronic street sign, the area has not had any problems involving a rampaging panda.
# hacking - Friday 19 August, 2011
Scotland Yard detective arrested over phone hacking inquiry
Meanwhile, the second person arrested today is reported to have worked for the News of the World.
# hacking - Thursday 18 August, 2011
Hollywood reporter the thirteenth arrest in phone hacking scandal: report
The arrest of James Desborough is seen as a significant development in the scandal that has rocked the UK establishment.
# hacking - Tuesday 16 August, 2011
Take 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
New files ‘cast doubt’ on James Murdoch’s hacking evidence
Culture, Media and Sport Committee likely to recall Tom Crone, Colin Myler and James Murdoch to clarify points made during the first hearing.
# hacking - Monday 15 August, 2011
Anonymous hacks San Francisco subway site over mobile network closure
Authorities disabled the mobile phone coverage inside the city’s underground system to try and counter a series of protests.
# hacking - Sunday 14 August, 2011
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.
# hacking - Thursday 11 August, 2011
Anonymous hacker: Plot to ‘kill Facebook’ is a misunderstanding
A hacker claiming to have begun ‘Operation Facebook’ says the plan had been abandoned before a video about it was released.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things to know…
# hacking - Wednesday 10 August, 2011
Twelfth person arrested over phone hacking allegations
London police have arrested a 61-year-old man in connection with the ongoing investigation into the alleged hacking of phone messages.



























































