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    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      Prince Harry
      Prince Harry says UK government at ‘rock bottom’

      British royal describes ‘incredibly invasive’ articles as he begins testimony in phone-hacking case against Mirror Group

      Prince Harry arrives at the High Court in London on Tuesday
    • Monday, 29 May, 2023
      Prince Harry takes on Fleet Street over phone hacking

      New round of lawsuits brings scandal back to fore and poses fresh financial risks for tabloid media groups

      Prince Harry leaves the High Court in London with his legal team
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Prince Harry accused of ‘highly publicised smearing’ in phone hacking trial

      Lawyers for Mirror group say royal claimant and three others a ‘long way off’ proving publisher gathered information unlawfully

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      Mirror Group PLC
      Mirror accused of ordering ‘unlawful activities’, High Court hears

      Piers Morgan knew of phone hacking while he was editor, court told in lawsuit brought by Prince Harry and others

      Prince Harry leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in London in March
    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
      Murdoch group settled Prince William phone-hacking claim, UK court told

      Assertion made by lawyers for Prince Harry in filings in separate action

      Prince William and his brother Prince Harry have both taken legal action against News Group Newspapers
    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      Associated Newspapers Ltd
      Prince Harry among those in joint legal action against Daily Mail publisher

      Group including Sir Elton John allege ‘gross breaches of privacy’ while media group refutes claims

      Sir Elton John and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      NSO Group Technologies
      Israel’s NSO considering sale or shutdown of Pegasus unit

      Military-grade spyware maker has faced scandals with product traced to high-profile phone hacks

      A man walks past the logo of Israeli spyware company NSO Group
    • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
      Israel
      EU-funded West Bank activists hacked by Pegasus spyware, says rights group

      Software found on Palestinian campaigners’ phones shortly before Israel designated NGOs as terrorists

      Israeli defence minister Benny Gantz
    • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
      Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
      Dubai’s billionaire ruler targeted ex-wife with NSO’s Pegasus spyware

      UAE’s Sheikh Mohammed authorised agents to use military-grade software during court battle over welfare of children

      Princess Haya
    • Sunday, 18 July, 2021
      NSO Group Technologies
      Probe claims spyware used to hack journalists, activists and executives

      Investigative consortium alleges Pegasus software licensed to governments by NSO Group was misused

      A photo illustration of apps on a smart phone
    • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
      Middle Eastern politics & society
      Al Jazeera journalist sues Saudi crown prince and UAE leader over phone hack

      Ghada Oueiss alleges she was targeted in attempt to silence her and other critics of Saudi government

      The lawsuit filed by Ghada Oueiss says her phone was infiltrated using a vulnerability in WhatsApp that allowed  hacking tools to inject spyware into the device
    • Friday, 24 January, 2020
      Ingram Pinn
      Ingram Pinn’s illustration of the week: One-click delivery

      Saudis alleged to have hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone

      web_Saudi, Bezos phone hack
    • Wednesday, 22 January, 2020
      Cyber Security
      US businessman accuses UAE wealth fund of hacking emails

      Allegations part of a civil lawsuit involving Ras al Khaimah Investment Authority

      PA0D31 Young man using a touchscreen smartphone - Hands close-up - Using technology - swiping, screen, swipe, smartphone
    • Friday, 4 October, 2019
      Prince Harry
      Prince Harry sues tabloid owners over alleged phone hacking

      Move suggests the courts have extended statute of limitations on breaches of privacy

      Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is pictured during one of his activities joining a Botswana Defence Force anti-poaching patrol on the Chobe River in Kasane, Botswana, September 26, 2019. Dominic Lipinski/Pool via REUTERS
    • Monday, 8 July, 2019
      Heather Mills wins ‘substantial’ settlement over phone hacking

      Murdoch-owned News Group gives ex-wife of pop star Paul McCartney ‘unmitigated apology’

      Heather Mills speaks outside the Rolls Building in London after receiving a public apology at the High Court after bringing a phone-hacking claim action against News Group Newspapers. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday July 8, 2019. See PA story COURTS Hacking. Photo credit should read: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire
    • Monday, 3 June, 2019
      Fund management
      Cartoon, June 3

      The everyday mobile phone user and spying in the digital age

    • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
      Marietje Schaake
      Governments must halt the spread of commercial spyware

      Surveillance tools are for sale to whoever can afford them

      The Facebook Inc. WhatsApp application is displayed in the App Store on an Apple Inc. iPhone in an arranged photograph taken in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. on Monday, April 29, 2019. Facebook paid out a $123 million fine to EU antitrust regulators for failing to provide accurate information during their review of Facebook's WhatsApp takeover. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
      Special ReportCyber Security
      US and China back AI bug-detecting projects

      Labs are preparing to roll out automated tools that find security flaws posed by faulty computer code

      Robot holds a finger near the head. 3D illustration
    • Wednesday, 9 May, 2018
      Leveson inquiry and phone hacking scandal
      UK newspapers claim MPs vote is victory for press freedom

      Commons narrowly rejects case for a new inquiry into media behaviour

      9/5/18  A selection of newspapers in a WHSmiths in London Bridge station.
    • Wednesday, 10 January, 2018
      Leveson inquiry and phone hacking scandal
      Lords vote renews pressure for fresh UK phone-hacking probe

      May government plans Commons challenge to amendment calling for second Leveson inquiry

      Lord Leveson with his final report from his inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press at the QE2 Conference centre, London. Credit: David Parry/ FT
    • Friday, 30 June, 2017
      Newspaper industry
      Trinity Mirror sets aside extra £7.5m for phone-hacking claims

      Newspaper publisher earmarked £60m in total for cases amid further falls in print advertising

      Trinity Mirror Newspaper Printing Presses...Copies of the Daily Mirror newspaper move along the production line at Trinity Mirror's factory in Watford, U.K., on Tuesday, April 13, 2010. Trinity Mirror Plc, publisher of the U.K.Ís Daily Mirror newspaper, said full-year revenue dropped to 763.3 million pounds from 871.7 million pounds in the previous 12 months. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2017
      Law
      Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law admits hacking celebrity chef

      Chris Hutcheson alleged to have been searching for material useful in civil litigation

      LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 29: Gordon Ramsay on the Red Carpet at Vegas Uncork'd by Bon Appetit presented by Chase Sapphire Preferred 10th anniversary Grand Tasting at Caesars Palace on April 29, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for Vegas Uncork'd by Bon Appetit)
    • Friday, 3 March, 2017
      Telecoms
      Phone-hacking memories likely to send Fox bid for Sky to Ofcom

      Culture secretary is ‘minded’ to intervene on media plurality and standards concerns

      Newly appointed British Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Karen Bradley reacts as she arrives in Downing Street in central London on July 14, 2016, as cabinet appointments by new prime minister Theresa May are made on her first full day in office. Theresa May began her first full day as British prime minister July 14 under pressure to implement Brexit, after stunning observers by picking gaffe-prone "Leave" campaigner Boris Johnson as her top diplomat. / AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFFOLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images
    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2016
      Newspaper industry
      News International executives in contempt of parliament over phone-hacking

      Colin Myler, former News of the World editor, condemned by committee of MPs

      News of the World Publishes Final Issue...Unsold copies of the last issue of the News of the World, published by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., sit on the floor at a supermarket in Slough, U.K., on Sunday, July 10, 2011. The U.K. tabloid newspaper that has run stories about celebrities, sex scandals and murders since the Victorian era, published its final edition after News Corp. decided to shut it amid phone-hacking claims. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
    • Monday, 18 January, 2016
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Elisabeth Murdoch set to return to television industry

      Daughter of mogul invests in new company that is in direct competition with father’s media empire

      Elisabeth Murdoch, Shine Group chairman and daughter of News Corporation chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, gestures during a rehearsal of her MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) during the Edinburgh International Television Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland August 23, 2012. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA) - RTR372C2
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