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January 6, 2014
"Guccifer" Files Further Detail Hacking SpreeOnline outlaw's "archive" identifies scores of new high-profile victims
JANUARY 6--The hacking spree by “Guccifer,” the online outlaw who has bedeviled Colin Powell, members of the Bush and Rockefeller families, Obama administration officials, and assorted other public figures, has been far more extensive than previously known, The Smoking Gun has learned.
A large cache of documents reveals that the illegal “Guccifer” incursions have victimized scores of other high-profile victims both in the U.S. and overseas during the past year. The hacker has accessed e-mail correspondence, contact lists, phone records, personal photos, online storage sites, and a wide range of confidential financial documents, including credit card, banking, and investment statements.
The newest roster of “Guccifer” victims includes entertainers, industrialists, academics, diplomats, financiers, government and military officials, and journalists--most of whom likely have no idea that the hacker has illegally prowled through their online accounts. With few discernible patterns, “Guccifer” has hopscotched between the accounts of victims like comedian Steve Martin; editor Tina Brown (seen below); ex-Nixon aide John Dean; author Kitty Kelley; actress Mariel Hemingway; three members of the UK’s House of Lords; a former Air Force secretary; the CEO/chairman of MetLife, the $60 billion insurance conglomerate; a Pulitzer Prize winner; the director of Romania’s domestic intelligence service; and a Gibson Dunn partner with the improbably Dickensian name Cantwell F. Muckenfuss III.
Along the way, “Guccifer” has also gathered the cell phone numbers of Robert Redford and Warren Beatty, the private e-mail addresses for Nicole Kidman, Leonardo DiCaprio, and other celebrities, and even the script for the fourth-season finale of “Downton Abbey” (which the hacker swiped six months before the TV episode first aired in England).
The material detailing Guccifer’s felonious escapades was provided to TSG by the hacker himself, whose identity, location, and gender remains unknown (though for narrative purposes we’ll refer to the hacker as a “he”).
“i don’t know what near future hold for me,” the hacker stated, adding that the thousands of documents were being provided to a reporter “in case I disappear.” Aware that a platoon of federal agents is hunting for him (or her or them), “Guccifer” facetiously claimed to be having dreams “in which a woman is steping up to me saying that she is from Federal Bureau and I am busted.” He added, “meanwhile me trying desperately to erase my files on my computer at my desk or on my smartphone which btw I don”t have because I can”t afford one.”
Included in the archive are documents amounting to the hacker’s work product, such as text files recording an individual victim’s name, e-mail address, original account password, and the replacement password used by “Guccifer.” For instance, when the hacker broke into Powell’s e-mail account, the password was changed to “ASSHOLEANON.” After breaching the Comcast e-mail account of John Negroponte, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, “Guccifer” reset the password to “hondbabykill1,” an apparent reference to Negroponte’s prior role as U.S. ambassador to Honduras, where American officials supported a military dictatorship suspected of killing and torturing dissidents.
While “Guccifer” has declined to discuss how he has been able to hack so many e-mail accounts--spanning an array of providers like Comcast, Cox, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Earthlink, Verizon, and the British-based Btinternet--it appears he compromised some accounts by correctly guessing security questions. Work files show that the hacker reviewed the Wikipedia pages of prospective victims, obtained the names of a target’s relatives, and even referred to a list containing the most popular names for dogs and cats.
Last spring, “Guccifer” hacked a Yahoo account maintained by an assistant to Brown, then editor of The Daily Beast web site. Along with reading correspondence and stealing family photos, the hacker copied Brown’s address book, which contained nearly 900 names and corresponding e-mail addresses. He then exported Brown’s contacts into an Excel spreadsheet and began reviewing the lengthy list for possible new targets, a standard "Guccifer" M.O..
While the hacker routinely copies an address book following a break-in, some contact lists--like those of Brown, Powell, and former White House adviser Sidney Blumenthal--have proven to be target-rich environments for “Guccifer” to exploit.
For example, armed with Brown’s contact list, “Guccifer” highlighted dozens of names--most with either AOL or Earthlink accounts--for illegal scrutiny. The hacker’s spreadsheet memorialized his hacking of the e-mail accounts of journalist Carl Bernstein, “Sex and the City” author Candace Bushnell, actor Rupert Everett, BBC broadcaster Jeremy Paxman, and others. The color-coded Excel file also shows that “Guccifer” eyed the e-mail accounts of Lorne Michaels, Candice Bergen, Eric Idle, Whoopi Goldberg, Padma Lakshmi, Mike Nichols, and Isaac Mizrahi (though it is unclear if these accounts were breached). The hacker’s archive also reveals that he was researching Martin Amis in preparation for an assault on the author’s Yahoo account.
“Guccifer” used Brown’s account to obtain the e-mail address of Julian Fellowes (seen above), the British actor/writer who created “Downton Abbey,” and is also a member of the House of Lords. Somehow, the hacker subsequently broke into Fellowes’s Btinternet account and copied a variety of correspondence as well as confidential records related to the 64-year-old’s writing and political careers. One of the documents stolen last May by “Guccifer” was Fellowes’s script for the finale of the latest season of “Downton Abbey.” The hacker, however, apparently did not seek to disseminate the script for the last episode (which aired in England two months ago).
Fellowes is not the only House of Lords member to be victimized by “Guccifer.” Documents show that the hacker also raided the e-mail accounts of Sir Francis Brooke and Patricia Scotland, who served previously as the UK’s Attorney General. Scotland’s SkyDrive online storage account was also breached.
In an interview, Brown said that she had been unaware that her account had been breached by "Guccifer," adding that it was upsetting to learn that some of her contacts had been hacked as a result. A Brown assistant, who recalled getting notices that the Yahoo account’s password had been changed, forwarded an e-mail that was sent from the account in May to a second Brown aide. The subject line read “i will fuck u an you wiil never know.” The aide told TSG, “Nice email from Mr. Guccifer, huh?”
The “Guccifer” archive includes documents memorializing the hacking of the e-mail accounts of dozens of other individuals. These victims include:
* Hemingway, whose AOL account was broken into early last year. That incursion yielded passwords to the 52-year-old star’s web site and Facebook page (which “Guccifer” defaced in late-February). In a note to her followers, a disgusted Hemingway (pictured above) reported being hacked, noting that she “changed everything UGH makes you feel violated.”
* Steven Kandarian, the MetLife chief executive, had his Comcast account raided by “Guccifer,” who stole the 60-year-old businessman’s contact list, divorce records, phone logs, and a variety of personal financial records.
* George-Cristian Maior, head of the Romanian Intelligence Service, had his Yahoo account breached.
* George Roche, a former Secretary of the Air Force, was one of more than a dozen former U.S. military officials who had their accounts illegally accessed by “Guccifer.” Most of these victims, Roche included, had e-mail accounts with Comcast, a company the hacker seems to have little trouble compromising.
* Kelley had her Yahoo and Earthlink accounts compromised early last year. “Guccifer,” who apparently found the biographer’s e-mail address in Blumenthal’s contact list, read through her e-mails and took months worth of Kelley’s cell phone bills, which listed numbers she dialed as well as calls she received. Kelley told TSG she was unaware of the hacking, but recalled that “Earthlink changed my password twice, I think, without explanation.”
* Laura Manning Johnson, a top Department of Homeland Security official and former CIA analyst. “Guccifer” breached her Comcast account in mid-2013.
* Pulitzer Prize-winning author Diane McWhorter, whose Earthlink, Gmail, and Dropbox storage accounts were raided. “Guccifer” apparently found McWhorter’s e-mail among Blumenthal’s contacts.
* Dean’s Earthlink account was hacked early last year, and “Guccifer” took family photos, assorted correspondence, and personal financial records.
* Fitness instructor Denise Austin was hacked early last year. Her Comcast account was broken into shortly after “Guccifer” illegally accessed the e-mail account of Dorothy Bush Koch, sister of George W. Bush (and daughter of George H.W. Bush). Austin’s e-mail address was in Koch’s contact list, which the hacker copied.
* Oceanographer Robert Ballard, who was part of the team that located the Titanic’s wreck, had his Comcast e-mail and Dropbox accounts hacked by “Guccifer.” Ballard, seen below, was apparently targeted because his name appears on a roster of members of Bohemian Grove’s Mandalay Camp. The hacker found the list in the AOL account of Powell, who is also a Mandalay member (along with Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, both of whom are also former Secretaries of State. In e-mails last year, “Guccifer” asserted that attendees at Bohemian Grove’s northern California retreats were part of the shadowy Illuminati/New World Order conspiracy “leading this fucked up world!!!!!!”
* Muckenfuss, a Washington, D.C. attorney and Yale Law School lecturer, had two of his e-mail accounts breached by “Guccifer.” It appears the hacker found the 68-year-old lawyer’s Comcast e-mail address in the Gmail contact list of Joshua Gotbaum, director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. After hacking Gotbaum’s account last May, “Guccifer” took the Obama appointee’s address book and used it to victimize several of Gotbaum’s acquaintances.
The “Guccifer” archive shows that he also accessed the e-mail accounts of numerous members of the Council on Foreign Relations. The hacker obtained the e-mail addresses of hundreds of CFR figures after he broke into the account of one member and accessed private contact lists.
Additionally, the hacker’s work product reveals that he illegally accessed the e-mail of a New York company that handles security matters for corporations and wealthy individuals. “Guccifer” took a variety of reports detailing confidential work done by the firm, including a $40,000 security review commissioned by a hedge fund billionaire who wanted assurances that a duplex apartment his daughter, a college student, planned to rent while studying in Paris was safe.
While “Guccifer” has repeatedly declined to discuss how he breaks into accounts--he has dismissed these TSG queries as “irrelevant extraneous technical questions”--some targets have eased his path through their online lives.
For example, two victims--a writer and an ex-FBI agent--each kept Word files containing numerous password and PIN numbers they used. Combined, the two documents (which were found in the “Guccifer” archive) offered free access to accounts with eBay, Netflix, PayPal, Xbox, Amazon, Sprint, Etsy, Facebook, Dropbox, Time Warner, and Skype. Not to mention credit card, banking, insurance, retirement, and frequent flyer accounts. The former G-man’s list even included a three-digit password for a “Gun Lock.”
The illegal incursions into these two accounts emanated from IP addresses in Greece and the Russian Federation, according to the victims.
Other records show that “Guccifer” has sought to monitor, albeit to a limited degree, the federal criminal probe targeting him.
For instance, after TSG reported the hacking of several Bush family e-mail accounts--most notably the AOL account of Dorothy Bush Koch--“Guccifer” lost control over those accounts. He still, however, was able to monitor the hacked account of Koch’s friend Patricia Legere. Which allowed him to read an e-mail from Koch informing friends and family that her account had been compromised and that Secret Service agents were en route to her residence to collect her computer for analysis.
Similarly, after “Guccifer” hacked the e-mail and Facebook accounts of an Obama administration appointee, he somehow maintained access to the victim’s telephone records. Those documents, “Guccifer” discovered, revealed that the FBI contacted the federal official immediately after the hacking was reported by TSG.
Though publicizing his continuing criminal activity could provide federal agents with new leads and investigative avenues to pursue, “Guccifer” professed to be carefree despite his status as one of America’s most wanted hackers: “NO I am not concerned, i think i switch the proxies go to play some backgammon on yahoo watch tv, play with my family and daughter.” The hacker wrote of buying a “new powerful computer” to help continue his illegal activities. Noting that he would be “back in business,” “Guccifer” closed one e-mail with a one-word declaration: “HAAAACKKKK!”
In other correspondence, “Guccifer” has written of living overseas, though that could be a feint from a hacker who has spent more than a year using proxy servers, fake IP addresses, burner e-mail accounts, anonymizing software, and other methods to evade pursuing law enforcement authorities.
“Guccifer” wrote of turning over his archive “just in case I am busted,” but he has not offered a rationale for the crime spree detailed in those documents. While referring to his distaste for the “new ukusa empire,” the hacker claims to be operating from “the cloud of Infinite Justice.” Still, it is hard not to view many of his break-ins as crimes of opportunity. Hacking for hacking’s sake, with a simple goal of disruption, havoc, and embarrassment.
Which, of course, does not make his frenzied rampage any less felonious. In fact, two files in the “Guccifer” archive appear to show the hacker researching possible criminal charges in a United States court. A 76-page Congressional Research Service report explores the “Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law” while the other file includes the section of the U.S. Code detailing the country’s extradition law and treaties.
Perhaps these documents indicate that “Guccifer” thinks the end is near. Or maybe he just stole them from somebody’s Inbox.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/ ... ive-687543
seemslikeadream » 20 Mar 2013 16:42 wrote:Gawker Publishes George W. Bush's E-mail Address So We Can Wish Him a "Happy Iraq War Day"
Now you can let Bush know what's on your mind.
March 20, 2013 |
On Tuesday, Gawker published George W. Bush's private email address and encouraged readers to "wish George W. Bush a Happy Iraq War Day." They stated that readers should email him and "let him know that you're thinking of him today."
A hacker, who goes by the name of Guccifer, has hacked several politicians' email exchanges and social media pages in the past. Most recently he exposed Hillary Clinton's email exchanges regarding the Benghazi attacks. And Guccifer is the same hacker that released Bush's oil paintings.Gawker editor John Cook found Bush's private email address while browsing the screenshots of these exchanges published by the hacker.
What better time to expose it to the public?
by seemslikeadream » Tue Jan 21, 2014 2:00 am
Charlie Brooks dumped lesbian porn films and magazines along with News International laptop behind bins near his London home, phone hacking trial hears
Conker, porn DVDs cases and homeopathic medicine were 'found in bags'
They were 'stashed in the car park of Rebekah and Charles Brooks' home'
Satchel and bag 'handed into police after being found by a cleaner in 2011'
Brooks couple and others deny conspiring to pervert the course of justice
By MARK DUELL
PUBLISHED: 12:10 EST, 20 January 2014 | UPDATED: 20:58 EST, 20 January 2014
A conker, lesbian porn DVDs and homeopathic medicine were among items found in bags stashed behind bins in the car park of Rebekah and Charles Brooks' home, the hacking trial heard today.
The Old Bailey was shown pictures of a brown leather satchel and a black bag handed into police by a building manager after being found by a cleaner in July 2011, the day after Mrs Brooks' arrest.
Mr Brooks, who had come in search of the property, told staff the two bags had been dropped off for him in London the night before and there had been some sort of mix up, the court was told.
Charlie Brooks arrives at the Old Bailey on January 14+6
Former Chief Executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks+6
On trial: Racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks (left), 50, and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks (right), 44 both of Churchill, Oxfordshire, deny the charges against them
Photographs of the bags and lists of their contents were shown to the trial jury today. Titles of the DVDs listed included Instant Lesbian, Bride of Sin, and Lesbian Psychodrama volume 2 and 3.
The brown bag contained a phone, a dictaphone, small USB stick, laptop computer, correspondence, homeopathic medicine, pills, a conker, a brown envelope containing DVD cases and other items.
It also allegedly had cheque books in the name of racehorse trainer Mr Brooks, 50, and Mrs Brooks, 44, the former News International (NI) chief executive, both of Churchill, Oxfordshire,
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The contents of the black bag included more letters, an Apple laptop with a NI tag, an iPad, 50p piece, and a blue bag containing a bronze-coloured charm on a chain.
Meanwhile, the court was told former head of security Mark Hanna, 50, told a colleague on the day the News of the World was closed down that he had dug a hole and ‘burned stuff’.
Rupert Murdoch shut the newspaper in July 2011 at the height of public outrage that journalists on it had hacked voicemail messages of mobile phones, including that of a murdered schoolgirl.
Shown to the jury: A brown leather satchel handed into police by a building manager after being discovered by a cleaner on July 18 2011, the day after Rebekah Brooks' arrest+6
Shown to the jury: A brown leather satchel handed into police by a building manager after being discovered by a cleaner on July 18 2011, the day after Rebekah Brooks' arrest
Seven people including Rebekah Brooks are on trial for a variety of offences stemming from police investigations into phone-hacking.
Former head of security: Mark Hanna, 50, denies conspiring to pervert the course of justice+6
Former head of security: Mark Hanna, 50, denies conspiring to pervert the course of justice
The Old Bailey heard that after the final edition of the News of the World had gone to press and the staff had left on July 9, Hanna, then head of security at News International went for drink with one of his security team, Robert Hernandez.
Mr Hernandez told the court they spent about two hours in a pub near the offices, during which time Hanna talked about how he had provided protection for Brooks, whom he described as kind and a good boss, before going on to discuss the closure of the News of the World for another 10 to 15 minutes.
‘He mentioned one time he dug a hole in his garden and burnt stuff,’ Mr Hernandez said. ‘I asked him if it was papers. He didn't reply.’
Hanna is accused with Brooks of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by concealing material from police, charges they deny.
Under questioning from Hanna's lawyer William Clegg, Mr Hernandez agreed they had talked about lots of different subjects.
‘It was a fire in his garden, we know not when and we know not what,’ Mr Clegg put to him.
‘That's correct,’ Mr Hernandez replied. ‘For all I know he could have been burning bank statements.’
Another witness Glen Jagger, the security operations manager for News International, said bosses had received ‘quite a bit’ of hate mail at the time, and there had been actual threats made to executives including Brooks.
Claim; Charlie Brooks, who had come in search of the property, told staff the two bags had been dropped off for him the night before and there had been some sort of mix up, the court was told+6
Claim; Charlie Brooks, who had come in search of the property, told staff the two bags had been dropped off for him the night before and there had been some sort of mix up, the court was told
Part of the phone hacking trial: Photographs of the bags and lists of their contents were shown to the jury+6
Part of the phone hacking trial: Photographs of the bags and lists of their contents were shown to the jury
Some of this hate mail was discovered at Hanna's home where he had taken it to assess what risk, if any, the authors posed, the court was told.
Mr Clegg read out some excerpts from the mail which included phrases such as ‘rotting in hell would be too good a punishment’, while another said ‘the universal law of karma will exact its revenge’.
Last week, the trial heard how the Brooks couple arranged a plan to hide two bags containing computers and other material from detectives before they searched the couple's London apartment.
There were also pills prescribed to Mrs Brooks, and a British Kunekune Pig Society newsletter. An inventory of the bags shown to the jury also revealed there was a magazine titled Lesbian Lovers.
Mr and Mrs Brooks, along with Hanna, 50, of Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, deny conspiring to pervert the course of justice between July 15 and July 19 2011.
The seven defendants in the case deny the charges against them. The trial continues.
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by seemslikeadream » Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:01 pm
19 February 2014 Last updated at 11:45 ET
In full: Rebekah Brooks's email to James Murdoch on Tony Blair
Copy of the email sent by Rebekah Brooks to James Murdock following a conversation with Tony Blair
The phone hacking trial has heard details of an email sent by Rebekah Brooks in which she claims to have received advice from former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Mrs Brooks spoke to Mr Blair on the telephone and passed on what he said to James Murdoch, who was then News International executive chairman, the Old Bailey trial heard.
The email read:
"Only got ten minutes before I see Charlie for confiscation!
But I had an hour on the phone to Tony Blair.
He said:
1. Form an independent unit that has a outside junior council, ken macdonald, a great and good type, a serious forensic criminal barrister, internal counsel, proper fact checkers etc in it. Get them to investigate me and others and publish a hutton style report.
2. Publish part one of the report at same time as the police closes its inquiry and clear you and accept short comings and new solutions and process and part two when any trials are over.
3. Keep strong and definitely sleeping pills. Need to have clear heads and remember no rash short term solutions as they only give you long term headaches.
4. It will pass. Tough up.
5. He is available for you, KRM and me as an unofficial adviser but needs to be between us.
He is sending more notes later."
Ken Macdonald, whom Mrs Brooks referred to in the email, is a former director of public prosecutions.
Mrs Brooks also said Tony Blair had urged her to set up a "Hutton style" inquiry. This was a reference to the inquiry into the death of government weapons adviser Dr David Kelly. Its report exonerated Mr Blair and other officials over flawed evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, including the so-called "dodgy dossier".
by seemslikeadream » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:06 am
Hacking trial: Coulson guilty, Brooks cleared of charges
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Tom Symonds looks at the background to the trial of Coulson (left) and Rebekah Brooks
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones.
Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was cleared of all charges in the phone-hacking trial.
Coulson went on to become director of communications for David Cameron. The prime minister has now apologised for making the appointment.
Royals, celebrities and victims of crime were among those whose phones were hacked by the News of the World.
'Wrong decision'
Speaking after the verdicts were delivered, Mr Cameron said: "I take full responsibility for employing Andy Coulson.
"I did so on the basis of undertakings I was given by him about phone hacking and those turn out not to be the case.
"I always said that if they turned out to be wrong I would make a full and frank apology and I do that today.
"I am extremely sorry I employed him. It was the wrong decision and I am clear about that."
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David Cameron: "I am extremely sorry I employed him. It was the wrong decision and I am clear about that."
The prime minister said he had asked Coulson about phone hacking before offering him a job and "accepted his assurances" that he knew nothing of the practice.
"Knowing what I know now, and knowing that those assurances weren't right, it was obviously wrong to employ him," he added. "I gave someone a second chance. It turned out to be a bad decision."
He added that no complaints had been made about Coulson's work for him.
Coulson and Mrs Brooks were among seven defendants on trial at the Old Bailey.
The verdicts in full are:
Andy Coulson was found guilty of a charge of conspiracy to intercept voicemails
Mrs Brooks was found not guilty of conspiracy to hack voicemails, two counts of conspiracy to pay public officials and two counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice
Former News of the World managing editor Stuart Kuttner was found not guilty of conspiring to hack voicemails
Cheryl Carter, Charlie Brooks and News International's former head of security Mark Hanna were cleared of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
The jury is continuing to consider misconduct in public office charges against Coulson and former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman.
Rebekah and Charlie Brooks leave court on 24 June 2014
Rebekah and Charlie Brooks were cleared on the 138th day of the trial
An emotional Mrs Brooks had to be taken away by the court matron on hearing the verdicts.
BBC political correspondent Robin Brant was in court as the verdicts were read out on the 138th day of the trial.
He said Coulson stood with his hands behind his back and showed no emotion as the verdict was returned.
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Mrs Brooks appeared to mouth "thank you" to the jury and also held the hand of her former personal assistant Cheryl Carter, who looked close to tears.
Charlie Brooks, the husband of the former News International chief executive, also showed little emotion.
There was complete silence in court on instruction of the judge as the verdicts were delivered by the jury forewoman. Some 70 people were present in the room at the time.
by AhabsOtherLeg » Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:22 pm
by Byrne » Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:24 am
Last Updated: Wednesday, 9 August 2006, 20:20 GMT 21:20 UK
Royal phone-tap probe 'widened'
Complaints from staff at Clarence House prompted the investigation
Police are widening an inquiry into allegations of phone-tapping of staff in Prince Charles's household.
They will examine whether other public figures have had calls intercepted. Media reports suggest a Cabinet minister may have been spied upon.
Three men were arrested in south London on Tuesday [8th August 2006] as part of the inquiry.
The inquiry began after details of a meeting an ITV reporter was to have had with Prince William were published in the News of the World.
The newspaper's Clive Goodman was among those arrested.
The police inquiry, which began more than seven months ago, has now spread to include other public figures.
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The phone hacking topic was gathering pace the next day on 10th August 2006, however on the very same day, the 'Airline Liquid Explosive plot' story was broken as the Treasury/Bank of England froze the assets of 19 of the 24 suspects. Note the Financial Times headline:Today media stories from the papers
MediaGuardian, Thursday 10 August 2006 09.12 BST
THE GUARDIAN
News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman was charged in relation to phone taps of the royal family as the inquiry has been broadened to politicians and celebrities. P1, 9
Channel 4 faces an inquiry by phone watchdog ICSTIS after 2,500 complaints over evicted Big Brother housemates returning to the show. P7
Outgoing ITV chief executive Charles Allen has urged his successor to give the channel's programming team more time to reverse its sliding performance. P21
Dragons' Den panellist Duncan Bannatyne has acquired fitness chain LivingWell. P22
A look at the royal phone tap row. G2 P10
Sky retains the broadcast rights to La Liga in a £30.4m deal, a four-fold increase on the previous contract. Sport P2
THE INDEPENDENT
News of the World's royal editor Clive Goodman and one other charged for allegedly hacking into cellphone messages of the royal family. P12, 13
Obituary: Doctor Who and Blake's 7 director and producer David Maloney dies. P35
ITV to focus on mass entertainment programmes to stabilise the channel. P37
Dragons' Den panellist Duncan Bannatyne has acquired fitness chain LivingWell. P39
Feature on the blogs from those in the conflict zones in Lebanon and Israel. Extra P2, 3, 4
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
A look at the News of The World phone-tapping affair. P2, 3
Damien Hirst has called in lawyers over a young artist running a website in his name. P11
Comment on the phone-tapping scandal. P22
Video Networks, the Home Choice video on demand service, is poised to merge with Tiscali UK. Business P1
ITV spent £11m fighting off Greg Dyke's takeover bid. Business P2
Dragons' Den panellist Duncan Bannatyne has acquired fitness chain LivingWell. Business P2
Comment on ITV. P5, 7, 8
THE TIMES
News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman was charged in relation to phone-taps of the royal family as the inquiry has been broadened to politicians and celebrities. P4
Comment on ITV's financial performance. P41
Dragons' Den panellist Duncan Bannatyne has acquired fitness chain LivingWell. P45
Charles Allen says 12% profit rise vindicates his strategy. P47
FINANCIAL TIMES
Anti-terror police broaden phone tap inquiry to politicians and celebrities. P3
ITV discussed. P14
Q&A with ITV's Charles Allen and director of television Simon Shaps. P16
Dragons' Den panellist Duncan Bannatyne has acquired fitness chain LivingWell. P19
Disney says it is unlikely to enter into big internet partnerships to build its digital business. P21
DAILY MAIL
News of the World's royal editor Clive Goodman and one other charged for allegedly hacking into cellphone messages of the royal family. P9
Des Lynam threatened to quit as host of Countdown if the show didn't move from Leeds to London. P13
Feature on former Loaded editor John Perry. P46, 47
ITV1 looks to big dramas to bring back ad revenue. P72
Dragons' Den panellist Duncan Bannatyne has acquired fitness chain LivingWell. 75
DAILY EXPRESS
News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman was charged in relation to phone taps of the royal family as the inquiry has been broadened to politicians and celebrities. P9
Does the Big Brother returning evictee scandal spell the end for reality TV? P11
ITV's soaring digital channel growth put a shine on ITV1's ad revenue woes. P55
DAILY MIRROR
Lenny Henry is to star in a new BBC1 show where he tours the country investigating humour. P3
News of the World's royal editor Clive Goodman and one other charged for allegedly hacking into cellphone messages of the royal family. P7
Big Brother coverage. P23
THE SUN
Big Brother coverage. P25
DAILY STAR
Big Brother accused of rigging the show with mystery betting patterns revealed. P1, 4, 5
ITV banks on big shows for its revival. P15
Kate Lawler heads out to ITV's Love Island. P27
ITV's investors focus on digital revenue surge over traditional ad sales slump. P45
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE
News of the World's royal editor Clive Goodman and one other charged for allegedly hacking into cellphone messages of the royal family. P3
ITV profits rise despite fall in advertising revenue. P7
Feature on the internet and TV. P29
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by coffin_dodger » Sat Aug 29, 2015 10:58 am
Rebekah Brooks to return as News Corp UK chief - report BBC News 29 Aug 2015
News Corp has said it is in talks with Rebekah Brooks after reports she will return as chief of its UK division.
The former News of the World editor quit as UK chief executive four years ago amid the phone-hacking scandal. She was later cleared of any wrongdoing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34093597
by elfismiles » Sun Dec 13, 2015 2:48 pm
Business
U.K. to End Long-Running Probe into Alleged Phone Hacking
No further action will be taken against News Corp British newspapers or 10 individuals at Trinity Mirror
Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive, arrives at the headquarters of News UK in London in September to begin her new role as the company's chief executive. Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
By Alexis Flynn / Updated Dec. 11, 2015 8:11 p.m. ET
LONDON—British prosecutors said Friday they will no longer pursue cases stemming from the police’s long-running investigations into alleged phone hacking by journalists, bringing to an end a contentious chapter in U.K. public life.
No further action will be taken against News Corp ’s British newspapers or 10 individuals at the rival Trinity Mirror group, the Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement. Police had been investigating phone hacking generally for nearly nine years, but intensified their efforts in 2011 amid a series of wide-ranging public inquiries into the ethics of newsgathering methods by the British press.
Those inquiries, one by lawmakers and another by a senior judge, were initially sparked by revelations that some reporters had unlawfully accessed messages left on the cellphones of celebrities and public figures.
“After a thorough analysis, we have decided there is insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of a conviction and therefore no further action will be taken in any of these cases,” said the nation’s top prosecutor, Alison Saunders.
In a statement, News Corp’s British newspaper unit, News UK, said it welcomed the decision not to prosecute the company.
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by MinM » Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:35 pm
MinM » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:39 pm wrote:# Show #537
Original airdate: July 28, 2011
Guests: Jerry Policoff / Jim DiEugenio
Topics: Murdoch / JFK Research
Play Part One - Jerry Policoff
# Early JFK researcher, area of expertise is the role of the media, New York Times, CBS, Time Inc, John McCloy
# Murdoch hacking scandal, Watergate analogy, revelations getting bigger and bigger, broke two years ago
# United States connection, going to take Murdoch and PM Cameron down, Chris Christie, News America, Floor Graphics
# Carlucci, I will destroy you, hacked by News America, settled for 29 million dollars, multiple cases
# 500 million and 125 million dollar settlements, violations of the law, mysterious deaths
# Margaret Thatcher, the Cameron government, head of Scotland Yard resigned, corridors of power
# The Weekly Standard, helped launch the Iraq war, Fox News, Murdoch became a US citizen, still run from Australia
# Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, talking about it now, tip of the iceberg, news is the political arm of the Murdoch empire
# People are afraid of Murdoch, whistle blower, engaged in fraud, FCC waiver, they rolled out the red carpet
# Frank Sturgis, Marita Lorenz, Murdoch, inherited a newspaper from his father, started Hard Copy, tabloid television
# James Murdoch lied, Rupert may throw his son under the bus
# He knew everything going on with his newspapers, he likes thugs, death of a Chief of Police, Metro Media
# Bill O'Reilly, host of Inside Edition, a clone of Hard Copy, had leaked CIA documents about Garrison
# At one point he had a sense of outrage, what a nut-case, money does strange things to people
http://www.blackopradio.com/pod/black537a.mp3
http://www.blackopradio.com/archives2011.html
Rupert Murdoch's Fox network cut a joke by Alec Baldwin about the company's phone hacking scandal out of a skit for Sunday's Emmy Awards, causing Baldwin to pull out of the ceremony.
Deadline was the first to report the news, and Baldwin confirmed it on Twitter.
"Fox did kill my NewsCorp hacking joke," Baldwin wrote. "Which sucks bc I think it would have made them look better. A little."
Baldwin had made a reference to the omission in an earlier tweet, writing, "I did a short Emmy pretape a few days ago. Now they tell me NewsCorp may cut the funniest line. #NewsCorphumorlessaswellascorrupt."
Deadline says that the joke came during the planned opening sketch for the Emmys, in which Baldwin was to play a fictional head of a television network. News Corp. told the site that it cut the joke because it didn't want to make light of the phone hacking scandal which has engulfed Murdoch's company.
It's not the first time that a Murdoch property has been accused of going soft on the scandal. The Wall Street Journal was heavily criticized for an editorial strongly defending News Corp.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/1 ... 68688.html
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