UK phone hacking 'goes further than media'

A BRITISH newspaper says it has seen evidence that the phone-hacking scandal rocking the UK media establishment extends well beyond journalists to include other industries. 


The hacking scandal has rocked Britain with revelations that journalists routinely intercepted voicemails, bribed public officials, and hacked into computers in their search for scoops.

(Photo: Rebekah Brooks was charged in connection with phone hacking. However, The Independent claims the practice has been widespread in other industries. Source: AP)

The Independent says that a leaked report from Britain's Serious and Organized Crime Agency - often described as the UK's version of the FBI - shows that authorities were aware of a much wider circle of organizations employing many of the same methods.

The paper said law firms, debt collectors and others also made use of hacking to get an edge over rivals.

SOCA did not immediately return Associated Press messages seeking comment Saturday.

 adelaidenow.com.au 23 June 2013

Part of the global order of the new world is to collect as much data as possible on everyone.

This is done via many different methods, and if the people involved are uncomfortable to the establishment, they then are the scapegoats.