British police expand Murdoch investigation to computer hacking

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Source: Sydney Morning Herald

British police expand Murdoch investigation to computer hacking
Ravi Somaiya, London
August 1, 2011

SCOTLAND Yard will expand its investigation of News of the World, adding a new inquiry into possible instances of computer intrusion to the accusations of phone hacking and payments to police officers.

The new investigation was opened after an examination of ''a number of allegations regarding breach of privacy'' received since the Metropolitan Police reopened inquiries in January into possible crimes by newspaper employees, a police statement said.

A police spokesman declined to answer further questions. But former British Army intelligence officer Ian Hurst said in a statement that he had been contacted by investigators over allegations that he had made ''in regards to my family's computer being illegally accessed over a sustained period during 2006.''






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