News Corp. Hacking Scandal Spreads To Government

wiredmikey writes "The scandal revolving around the News Corporation's now defunct British tabloid, News of the World, has entered a new phase with news that the hacking extended into areas of national security, as detectives working for the Murdoch media empire may have hacked into the computer of a government minister responsible for Northern Ireland. Scary stuff, yet the enterprise security community seems strangely quiet on the topic, aside from showing other journalists how easy it is to do. Potentially, if you know the correct mobile number and you can guess four digits, you too can be listening to your elected leaders' personal messages. The chances are pretty good that it could be their birthday."

And nothing will effectively change

[Anonymous Coward]

They'll can some middle and upper middle management types, but Murdock and his cronies that created and encouraged a corporate culture of amoral lawbreakers will continue to walk off, rich and happy, after a few carefully crafted statements full of empty sentiment, and dropping more guilt on top of the scapegoats of the day.

Of course, if there was less government regulation, the field would be level, and countless competitors would exist to force Murdock's News Corp to actually be honest and... aww, damn it, I can't keep a straight face and finish that crap.

Re:Qestion

[mr1911]

Would that be any 4 digits, or some particular ones?

Any of these particular digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Re:Leveson

[rtfa-troll]

He's a British tabloid journalist. He's probably already spying on his wife and child and selling it on the internet.

Re:Well, well..

[smellotron]

Drunk with it, they were, the idea of digging where they should not and getting away with it.

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