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19 January, 2012

Settlements in phone hack scandal nets big pay day for aides, publicists … – ITworld.com

Settlements in phone hack scandal nets big pay day for aides, publicists
ITworld.com
Corp. hacking scandal is here.) Among the revelations that came from pooling and sifting through evidence made available to individual victims was a set of documents demonstrating News. Corp. executives had tried to destroy evidence corroborating the
News Corp. 'Startling' E-Mails Trigger New UK Computer SearchBusinessWeek

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Murdoch’s News Int’l pays millions for phone hacking – USA TODAY


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Murdoch's News Int'l pays millions for phone hacking
USA TODAY
Lawyers for the claimants said the settlements vindicated their accusation that senior Murdoch executives had long known about the scale of illegal phone hacking and had tried to cover it up. News International, parent company of Murdoch's News Group
Phone hacking: Jude Law, Lord Prescott and Sara Payne get payoutsBBC News
Phone hacking victims awarded court payoutsCNN
Phone hacking: News of the World's executives led the cover-up, say hacking Telegraph.co.uk
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In other news: Ruptert Murdoch’s company settles phone hacking cases – Washington Post (blog)

In other news: Ruptert Murdoch's company settles phone hacking cases
Washington Post (blog)
By The Reliable Source • Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers has apologized and paid more than $1 million in damages to 37 victims who settled their lawsuits in the tabloid phone hacking scandal, reports AP. Details of the settlements were disclosed

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‘Appalled’ Jude Law hits out at hackers – Sydney Morning Herald


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'Appalled' Jude Law hits out at hackers
Sydney Morning Herald
Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company agrees to pay damages to 36 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law. Actor Jude Law has hit out at the "appalling" behaviour of News of the World after he was awarded £130000
Jude Law: phone hacking made me suspect friends and familyThe Guardian
'Appalled' Law hits out at hackersThe Press Association

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Harold Shipman’s son had phone and email hacked by NotW – Telegraph.co.uk


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Harold Shipman's son had phone and email hacked by NotW
Telegraph.co.uk
Christopher Shipman, the son of serial killer GP Harold Shipman, and Jude Law, the actor, are among the victims of the News of the World phone-hacking who have settled their damages claims, the High Court heard. Also among the settlements confirmed in

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Murdoch group to pay hacking damages – Courier Mail


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Murdoch group to pay hacking damages
Courier Mail
Picture: AFP Source: AFP Actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British deputy prime minister John Prescott are among dozens of people who were suing News International after their mobile phone voicemails were allegedly hacked by the
Timeline: News Corp and the phone-hacking scandalChicago Tribune
Timeline – News Corp and the phone-hacking scandalReuters UK
Murdoch Settles En Masse With Celebrity Hacking VictimsThe Atlantic Wire

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Jude Law: phone hacking made me suspect friends and family – The Guardian


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Jude Law: phone hacking made me suspect friends and family
The Guardian
Then, in June 2010, Law discovered that several of his mobile numbers and the direct dial numbers on them appeared in evidence shown by the Metropolitan police to Sienna Miller as part of her claim over phone hacking. Early in 2011, after Operation
'Appalled' Jude Law hits out at hackersSydney Morning Herald
Jude Law receives £130000 phone-hacking payoutMarie Claire.co.uk
'Appalled' Law hits out at hackersThe Press Association

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News Corp Settles Hack Claims On Basis Execs Lied And Destroyed Evidence – paidContent.org

News Corp Settles Hack Claims On Basis Execs Lied And Destroyed Evidence
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News Corp could be laden with a multi-million pound UK compensation bill after agreeing to settle claims on the basis its executives tried to cover up and destroy evidence about tabloid phone hacking. “News Group has agreed to compensation being

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News Corp. Settles With 36 Phone-Hack Victims – Washington Post

News Corp. Settles With 36 Phone-Hack Victims
Washington Post
s British newspaper unit settled 36 lawsuits by phone-hacking victims including actor Jude Law and soccer player Ashley Cole, with compensation set on the basis that senior managers at the company knew of the practice and tried to conceal it.
White Discusses Hacking of Amazon's ZapposBloomberg

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Phone hacking: News International to pay out to 37 victims – The Guardian


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Phone hacking: News International to pay out to 37 victims
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News International has agreed to pay out to 37 victims of News of the World phone hacking, including Jude Law, Lord Prescott and Ashley Cole, in a series of settlements likely to land the publisher with a bill of well over £1m.
News to pay dozens of hacking victimsSydney Morning Herald
Lawmaker: Phone hacking victims awarded court payoutsCNN
Murdoch Company Settles With 36 Hacking VictimsNew York Times
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Murdoch to pay Jude Law, others hacking damages (1:05) – Washington Post

Murdoch to pay Jude Law, others hacking damages (1:05)
Washington Post
Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company on Thursday agreed to pay damages to 36 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law. (Jan. 19) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge holders consistently
White Discusses Hacking of Amazon's ZapposBloomberg

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Hacking victims say News Group destroyed evidence – Financial Times


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Hacking victims say News Group destroyed evidence
Financial Times
By Jane Croft and Ben Fenton The publishers of the News of the World were accused of a cover-up on Thursday that included the destruction of computers and emails, after a widespread admission of guilt over the hacking of phones and emails.
Phone hacking: Harold Shipman's son settles but costs could reach £10mTelegraph.co.uk
NoW illegally intercepted emails of Harold Shipman's sonPress Gazette

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Symantec Has More To Say About Norton Hacking – Forbes


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Symantec Has More To Say About Norton Hacking
Forbes
“They (hackers) can try, but the attack itself will look like it's from 2006. If customers are using updated versions of their current software – whether it is consumer or enterprise software — they'll be protected. They don't need to upgrade or
Symantec Norton anti-virus source code hackedThe Australian
Symantec Admits It Was Hacked: Security Source Code Not Taken From Third-Party TheBlaze.com
Symantec admits its networks were hacked and source code stolenHelp Net Security
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Phone hacking: Harold Shipman’s son settles but costs could reach £10m – Telegraph.co.uk


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Phone hacking: Harold Shipman's son settles but costs could reach £10m
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Christopher Shipman, the son of serial killer GP Harold Shipman, and Jude Law, the actor, are among the victims of the News of the World phone-hacking who have settled their damages claims, the High Court heard. Also among the settlements confirmed in
NoW illegally intercepted emails of Harold Shipman's sonPress Gazette

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Phone hacking: News International settles with victims – live – The Guardian


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Phone hacking: News International settles with victims – live
The Guardian
One legal source, who did not wish to be named, said the reason Jude Law had got so much was because the hacking and surveillance had gone on for years. Other claimants may have had just one or two instances of voicemail intervention.
News International Settles With 19 Phone Hacking Victims, Fees May Reach $10MReuters
News Corp. Unit Managers Knew About Hacking, Victim Lawyers SayBloomberg
Phone hacking: High profile victims react to payoutsBBC News
Hollywood Reporter -Telegraph.co.uk
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Murdoch to pay Jude Law and others hacking damages – Los Angeles Times


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Murdoch to pay Jude Law and others hacking damages
Los Angeles Times
AP Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company on Thursday agreed to pay damages to 36 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
Murdoch Company Settles With 36 Hacking VictimsNew York Times
Phone hacking: News International settles with victimsThe Guardian
Phone hacking: Jude Law, Lord Prescott and Sara Payne get payoutsBBC News
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Phone hacking: High profile victims react to payouts – BBC News


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Phone hacking: High profile victims react to payouts
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The High Court has awarded several high-profile figures tens of thousands of pounds over phone hacking by the now-defunct News of the World. Here, some react for the first time. "Over a number of years, the News of the World conducted an illegal

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Phone hacking: Jude Law, Lord Prescott and Sara Payne get payouts – BBC News


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Phone hacking: Jude Law, Lord Prescott and Sara Payne get payouts
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Jude Law and Lord Prescott are among the latest people given payouts over phone hacking by the News of the World. Actor Law received £130000 ($200000) and his ex-wife Sadie Frost £50000. The ex-deputy PM got £40000, the High Court was told.
Phone hacking: News International to pay out to 37 victimsThe Guardian
Murdoch Company Settles With 36 Hacking VictimsNew York Times
Murdoch to pay Jude Law, 36 others for hackingThe Associated Press
Financial Times -CNN
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Murdoch to pay Jude Law and others hacking damages – The Associated Press


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Murdoch to pay Jude Law and others hacking damages
The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company on Thursday agreed to pay damages to 36 high-profile victims of tabloid phone-hacking, including actor Jude Law, soccer player Ashley Cole and former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
Phone hacking: Jude Law, Lord Prescott and Sara Payne get payoutsBBC News
Murdoch Company Settles With 36 Hacking VictimsNew York Times
Phone hacking: Jude Law settles but costs could reach £10mTelegraph.co.uk
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Phone hacking victims deserve a monument to their courage – The Guardian


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Phone hacking victims deserve a monument to their courage
The Guardian
After two years of foot-dragging, nit-picking, hair-splitting and general obfuscation, News International has finally done the right thing in the civil litigation about phone hacking. It has put its hands up and agreed to compensate all but a few of

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Suspicion grows China behind hacking of US commission emails – Economic Times


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Suspicion grows China behind hacking of US commission emails
Economic Times
WASHINGTON/BEIJING: Suspicion is growing that operatives in China, rather than India, were behind the hacking of emails of an official US commission that monitors relations between the United States and China, US officials said. News of the hacking of
Suspicion grows China was behind hack of US commissionReuters UK
Chinese hackers suspected in US Commission breachComputer Business Review

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Hacking away at Arab and Israeli stereotypes | Khaled Diab – The Guardian


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Hacking away at Arab and Israeli stereotypes | Khaled Diab
The Guardian
Earlier this week, a hacker or group of hackers who claim to be Saudi scaled up their cyber offensive against Israel by paralysing the websites of El Al airline and the Tel Aviv stock exchange. This was the latest in a series of attacks over the past
ADX denies website hackingEmirates 24/7
Israeli hackers reveal details of 4800 Saudi credit cardsHaaretz
Israeli hackers fight tit-for-tat warFinancial Times
msnbc.com -The National -CSO
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News Corp. Reaches Settlements in Some Phone-Hacking Cases – Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal
News Corp. Reaches Settlements in Some Phone-Hacking Cases
Wall Street Journal
By PAUL SONNE and CASSELL BRYAN-LOW LONDON—News Corp. has entered formal settlement arrangements in a large swath of the civil lawsuits it faces here stemming from phone hacking at its now-closed News of the World tabloid, as victims' lawyers said the

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Timeline: News Corp and the phone-hacking scandal – Chicago Tribune

Timeline: News Corp and the phone-hacking scandal
Chicago Tribune
(Reuters) – Here is a timeline of the major events in the British phone-hacking scandal since last July: July 4, 2011 – A lawyer for the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler says police have told him that her voicemail messages had been hacked,
Timeline – News Corp and the phone-hacking scandalReuters UK

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ADX denies website hacking – Emirates 24/7


Haaretz
ADX denies website hacking
Emirates 24/7
A prominent Arab Islamic scholar, buoyed by reports of successful attacks by a presumed Saudi hacker on Israel, called for electronic jihad (holy war) against the Jewish nation while another scholar gave his blessing. Tareq Al Suwaidan, a Kuwaiti
Israeli hackers reveal details of 4800 Saudi credit cardsHaaretz
Israeli hackers fight tit-for-tat warFinancial Times
Israeli Hackers Hit Saudi Stock Exchangemsnbc.com
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