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Condamnation de Google à désindexer les images sadomasos de Max. Hacking book: from the Wild West of the 1980s to voicemail interception. Rebekka Brooks charged. Levenson committee vote. R Murdoch admits cover up. Scandal at News Corp spreads as Justice Department monitors hacking allegations at European TV subsidiaries. By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 04:09 GMT, 27 March 2012 | Updated: 07:08 GMT, 27 March 2012 The crisis hitting Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is spreading as the U.S.

Scandal at News Corp spreads as Justice Department monitors hacking allegations at European TV subsidiaries

Department of Justice monitors alleged hacking at two of the company's European satellite television firms. Two alleged incidents of hacking in Britain and Italy came to light today as American authorities get increasingly more involved in investigating the scandal. A decade ago, a German hacker reportedly obtained codes belonging to British Sky Broadcasting rival ONDigital, which folded in 2002.

Embroiled: The crisis hitting Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is spreading as the U.S. The hacker, Oliver Koermmerling, said on BBC1's Panorama programme last night that he was recruited by News Corp-owned NDS and its head of security, Ray Adams. It is alleged that Adams supplied the codes obtained by Koermmerling to illegal download site, The House of Ill Compute to distribute ONDigital's services for free.

NewsI offers Milly Dowler's settlment

INTERVIEW WITH PAUL FARHI. Greg Miskiw to fly to UK for police talks. Paul Gascoigne 'to sue News of the World for hacking' 16 January 2011Last updated at 01:53 ET Paul Gascoigne has battled alcoholism since quitting football Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne is set to sue the News of the World for allegedly hacking his telephone, his lawyer has confirmed.

Paul Gascoigne 'to sue News of the World for hacking'

Gascoigne's solicitor, Gerald Shamash, told BBC Radio 5 Live he was also initiating proceedings against a private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire. Mulcaire and former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman were jailed in 2007 for hacking phones. Actress Sienna Miller has since claimed breach of privacy and harassment. The Observer says legal action is also set to be launched by top jockey Kieren Fallon, and other celebrities, including comedian Steve Coogan and TV presenter Chris Tarrant are also considering following suit. INVESTIGATE THE HACKING, FREEZE THE BSKYB DEAL!

Phone hacking: senior News of the World journalist arrested. The police investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World has taken a dramatic turn with the surprise arrest of James Weatherup, a senior journalist at the paper.

Phone hacking: senior News of the World journalist arrested

He is the third current or former News of the World journalist to be arrested as part of Scotland Yard's new investigation into alleged phone hacking at the paper. Weatherup, who has not previously been named in connection with the scandal, was arrested early on Thursday. He is currently in custody at a police station in outer London. There are also expected to be further searches of the News of the World offices in Wapping shortly. It is thought that police felt the paper had failed to be fully co-operative during searches last week and officers are now determined to be more robust.

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Piers Morgan admits publishing articles base. Phone Hacking: emails next scandal. Met's John Yates grilled by MPs. Murdoch Cites Legal Adviser's 'Major Mistake' in Phone Hack Role. James Murdoch claim referred to police. Phone hacking: Met police to investigate mobile tracking claims. Scotland Yard has been asked to inspect thousands of files that could reveal whether its officers unlawfully procured mobile phone-tracking data for News of the World reporters.

Phone hacking: Met police to investigate mobile tracking claims

There were half a million requests by public authorities for communications data in the UK last year – of which almost 144,000 were demands for "traffic" data, which includes location. A Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) member has asked the force to investigate allegations that News of the World reporters were able to purchase this data from police for £300 per request.

News Of The World phone hacking: Were Maddie McCann, Sarah Payne and Holly Wells victims? The News of the World was under siege over the phone hacking scandal, amid claims the families of the Soham murder victims may have been targeted.

News Of The World phone hacking: Were Maddie McCann, Sarah Payne and Holly Wells victims?

The tabloid is set to lose millions of pounds in advertising revenue after it was confirmed the parents of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were contacted by officers working on the hacking inquiry. Relatives of the ten-year-olds – killed in Soham by Ian Huntley in 2002 – were visited by Scotland Yard officers several months ago, a police source said. There were also reports that the practice might have been used in the Madeleine McCann and Sarah Payne cases. The developments piled more pressure on former editor Rebekah Brooks, who is now News International chief executive, to quit.

The scandal gathered fresh momentum on Monday when it emerged a private detective working for the paper hacked into murdered 15-year-old Milly Dowler’s phone after she went missing . Phone hacking: full list of the victims identified so far. As a spreadsheet. Phone hacking: Prescott says revelations will go a long way. This article is the subject of a legal complaint made on behalf of Acting Deputy Commissioner John Yates.

Phone hacking: Prescott says revelations will go a long way

Acting Deputy Commissioner John Yates says it is entirely untrue that he misled Parliament in the evidence he gave to a Home Affairs Select Committee concerning phone hacking by the News of the World. He says he made clear when giving evidence to the Select Committee that the Metropolitan Police could at that time "prove a crime against a very small number of people and that number is about 10 to 12 people" and that this conclusion was reached by the Metropolitan Police based on the advice they had been given by Leading Counsel. Lord Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, has described the revelation by Scotland Yard that he was a potential victim of phone hacking by News of the World journalists as "very significant".

His comments came as it emerged that the reopened police investigation has identified a number of new potential victims. "I think it is going to go a long way. Andy Coulson discussed phone hacking at News of the World, report claims. The prime minister's media adviser, Andy Coulson, freely discussed the use of unlawful news-gathering techniques while editor of the News of the World and "actively encouraged" a named reporter to engage in the illegal interception of voicemail messages, according to allegations published by the New York Times.

Andy Coulson discussed phone hacking at News of the World, report claims

Coulson, who resigned as editor of the News of the World in January 2007 after its royal correspondent was jailed for intercepting voicemail messages, has always insisted that he had no knowledge of illegal activity when he edited the paper or at any time as a journalist. He told a Commons select committee last year: "I have never had any involvement in it at all. " The New York Times website published a trail to a story due to appear in its Sunday magazine. Coulson resigned after the imprisonment of his royal reporter, Clive Goodman, and a private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, for "hacking" into the voicemail messages of eight public figures.

News of the World loses battle over secret phone hacking evidence. Max Clifford has launched a legal action seeking to prove the News of the World (above), unlawfully intercepted messages on his mobile phone.

News of the World loses battle over secret phone hacking evidence

Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Graeme Robertson The News of the World yesterday lost a court battle to keep secret evidence which, it is claimed, would reveal widespread use of illegal methods by reporters to obtain personal information about celebrities. A high court judge ordered that the ­evidence should be handed over to Max Clifford. The celebrity publicist has begun a legal action seeking to prove that the Sunday newspaper unlawfully ­intercepted messages on his mobile phone. The result could put fresh pressure on David ­Cameron's media adviser Andy Coulson, the paper's former editor. Mr Justice Vos ordered that Clifford was entitled to see three sets of evidence in order to establish the truth. Jeremy Reed, Clifford's barrister, said the documents would help disprove the paper's claim that it generally did not do "naughty things".

Data of Sun website users stolen

Eleventh arrest in UK tabloid hacking scanda. News International mass-deleted emails. Rebekah Brooks "Friday" (Rebecca Black Parody) News International finds 'large caches' of d. Phone hackin police corruption? News Intl to settle with victims. Journalists arrested. Phone hacking potential contempt. News of the World boat people not wanted. Who is linked to who. Phone hacking: 50 cases outstanding as new wave of celebrities launch legal action.

Tom Watson: Why won't the police tell us who was hacked? - Press, Media. Not just what phone hacking was done, but also whether there was a cover-up of unlawful behaviour, perhaps even an attempt to interfere with the course of justice.

Tom Watson: Why won't the police tell us who was hacked? - Press, Media

According to Scotland Yard, all the numbers and names on the "Mulcaire list" have now been transcribed on to a database. So why have most of the victims in this file still not been told, even when they inquire? Why, after this file was compiled, have potential victims received letters saying that Scotland Yard still cannot tell if they are on the list or not?

And why do some telephone companies – who have been given names by Scotland Yard – think they can inform some but not all potential victims?