Mounting public anger over the News of the World newspaper’s alleged practice of hacking into voice mail boxes of people targeted as subjects for stories has led to the arrests of eight people by the British police. Alleged victims of their hacking in the UK included the royal family, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and a teen-aged girl who was kidnapped, raped and murdered. The public outrage led British prime minister David Cameron to withdraw support from NOTW editor Andy Coulson, his former chief of communications.
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Your Voice Mail: Hugely Hackable
Posted by: Richard Adhikari July 15, 2011 05:00 AMMounting public anger over the News of the World newspaper’s alleged practice of hacking into voice mail boxes of people targeted as subjects for stories has led to the arrests of eight people by the British police. Alleged victims of their hacking in the UK included the royal family, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and a teen-aged girl who was kidnapped, raped and murdered. The public outrage led British prime minister David Cameron to withdraw support from NOTW editor Andy Coulson, his former chief of communications.