Don't Steal Kevin Fultons Photographs, or you will wind up in the courts.
Monday, 26 December 2011
Monday, 28 November 2011
High Tec Touting.
High Tec Touting.
Was The Sunday Times Involved In Computer Hacking ?
It has been suggested that some of those involved in the computer hacking scandal may have been working for Government agencies, So we would have a case of spies hacking spies and reporting back to MI5/6 and police special branch.
It has also been suggested that an email address of a Sunday Times journalist from Northern Ireland may have been involved in the hacking(with out his permission of course )so he may have been hacked so the hacker could hack others.........
Ian Hurst at The Leveson Inquiry .( listen for the Sunday Times bit )
Peter Hain warned computer may have been hacked by private detectives
Peter Hain warned computer may have been hacked by private detectives.
The former Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain has been told by the Metropolitan police that they are investigating evidence that his computer, and those of senior Northern Ireland civil servants and intelligence agents, may have been hacked by private detectives working for News International.
The suggestion that the minister's computers, containing sensitive intelligence material, may have been compromised is the most serious sign yet that newspaper malpractice extended far beyond the hacking of mobile phone voicemail, into the realm of other electronic data.
The investigation into computer hacking is being carried out by detectives from Scotland Yard's specialist crime directorate. It is separate, but related to the phone hacking investigation.
Officers from Operation Tuleta are looking at the activities of individuals who were paid by News International, including a firm of private detectives allegedly offering "ethical hacking". They are also looking at allegations about the detectives' connections within News International.
A spokesman for Hain would not directly comment on the news of recent contacts between him and the police but said: "This is a matter of national security and subject to a police investigation so it would not be appropriate to comment."
News International has declined to comment, but said on Monday night that Operation Tuleta was looking at a number of newspapers.
Hain, Labour MP for Neath, was Northern Ireland secretary from May 2005 to June 2007 when he was involved in sensitive peace negotiations. He will have had access to classified information about informers and security. It is understood from legal sources that Hain is to be asked to confirm material obtained by the police investigators comes from his computer. It is not known if Hain has been informed of the nature of the material identified.
Tom Watson, a member of the culture, media and sport select committee and a campaigner against phone hacking, said: "Phone hacking is one thing, but targeting the computers of ministers with high-security clearance takes this police investigation to another level. It also raises questions for News International about whether its management were aware."
The Metropolitan police arrested a 52-year-old man last week under investigation for computer hacking. His name has not been disclosed. He has been released on police bail until early December.
The allegations focus on the use of Trojan emails. These involve a hacker sending a computer virus to the target's computer. The virus then allows access to computer content as the keyboard is used.
The revelation comes on the day the Leveson inquiry into press standards heard from Ian Hurst, a former British army intelligence agent, who used to recruit and run agents within the IRA in Northern Ireland. Hurst, who also used the pseudonym Martin Ingram, told the inquiry he understood his computer was hacked into by a Trojan Horse virus in 2006 by private investigators working on behalf of the News of the World.
He said he had been shown a seven-page fax by the BBC, which was researching a Panorama programme on the subject for broadcast last March. The fax contained material from July 2006 which was "not only material from his computer", which came from the private investigators.
Police officers from the Tuleta team are already investigating evidence that Hurst's computer was hacked. The virus had been sent by email, and after he opened an attachment to an email it could read the contents of his email and computer hard drive and send them back to the private investigators. Hurst told the inquiry he learned later that the Trojan was also able to see through the webcam so the hackers "could have actually seen me or the kids at the desk".
The virus was sent to Hurst by "Mr X" – a hacker he knew from his time in Northern Ireland. Hurst said the hacker worked for a private investigator who was in turn working for the News of the World.
Last week Sienna Miller said her email had been hacked into in 2008. She told the Leveson inquiry that Glenn Mulcaire, the former private investigator convicted on phone hacking charges, had taken a note of "all my telephone numbers, the three that I changed in three months, my access numbers, pin numbers, my password for my email". She went on to tell the inquiry that the password "was actually used to later hack my email in 2008".
The news comes as James Murdoch faces a shareholder revolt over his continuing presence on the board of BSkyB, where he acts as chairman. It is estimated that somewhere around a third of independent, non-Murdoch shareholders, will not support his re-election to the board as investors register discontent over the phone-hacking affair. But the revolt will be smaller than that seen at News Corp in October where a majority of non-family investors support him. With News Corp also voting its 39.1% in favour of James Murdoch his overall election will be a formality.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/28/peter-hain-computer-private-investigators
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Hurst also accused the Sunday Times of hacking in his evidence,
The former Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain has been told by the Metropolitan police that they are investigating evidence that his computer, and those of senior Northern Ireland civil servants and intelligence agents, may have been hacked by private detectives working for News International.
The suggestion that the minister's computers, containing sensitive intelligence material, may have been compromised is the most serious sign yet that newspaper malpractice extended far beyond the hacking of mobile phone voicemail, into the realm of other electronic data.
The investigation into computer hacking is being carried out by detectives from Scotland Yard's specialist crime directorate. It is separate, but related to the phone hacking investigation.
Officers from Operation Tuleta are looking at the activities of individuals who were paid by News International, including a firm of private detectives allegedly offering "ethical hacking". They are also looking at allegations about the detectives' connections within News International.
A spokesman for Hain would not directly comment on the news of recent contacts between him and the police but said: "This is a matter of national security and subject to a police investigation so it would not be appropriate to comment."
News International has declined to comment, but said on Monday night that Operation Tuleta was looking at a number of newspapers.
Hain, Labour MP for Neath, was Northern Ireland secretary from May 2005 to June 2007 when he was involved in sensitive peace negotiations. He will have had access to classified information about informers and security. It is understood from legal sources that Hain is to be asked to confirm material obtained by the police investigators comes from his computer. It is not known if Hain has been informed of the nature of the material identified.
Tom Watson, a member of the culture, media and sport select committee and a campaigner against phone hacking, said: "Phone hacking is one thing, but targeting the computers of ministers with high-security clearance takes this police investigation to another level. It also raises questions for News International about whether its management were aware."
The Metropolitan police arrested a 52-year-old man last week under investigation for computer hacking. His name has not been disclosed. He has been released on police bail until early December.
The allegations focus on the use of Trojan emails. These involve a hacker sending a computer virus to the target's computer. The virus then allows access to computer content as the keyboard is used.
The revelation comes on the day the Leveson inquiry into press standards heard from Ian Hurst, a former British army intelligence agent, who used to recruit and run agents within the IRA in Northern Ireland. Hurst, who also used the pseudonym Martin Ingram, told the inquiry he understood his computer was hacked into by a Trojan Horse virus in 2006 by private investigators working on behalf of the News of the World.
He said he had been shown a seven-page fax by the BBC, which was researching a Panorama programme on the subject for broadcast last March. The fax contained material from July 2006 which was "not only material from his computer", which came from the private investigators.
Police officers from the Tuleta team are already investigating evidence that Hurst's computer was hacked. The virus had been sent by email, and after he opened an attachment to an email it could read the contents of his email and computer hard drive and send them back to the private investigators. Hurst told the inquiry he learned later that the Trojan was also able to see through the webcam so the hackers "could have actually seen me or the kids at the desk".
The virus was sent to Hurst by "Mr X" – a hacker he knew from his time in Northern Ireland. Hurst said the hacker worked for a private investigator who was in turn working for the News of the World.
Last week Sienna Miller said her email had been hacked into in 2008. She told the Leveson inquiry that Glenn Mulcaire, the former private investigator convicted on phone hacking charges, had taken a note of "all my telephone numbers, the three that I changed in three months, my access numbers, pin numbers, my password for my email". She went on to tell the inquiry that the password "was actually used to later hack my email in 2008".
The news comes as James Murdoch faces a shareholder revolt over his continuing presence on the board of BSkyB, where he acts as chairman. It is estimated that somewhere around a third of independent, non-Murdoch shareholders, will not support his re-election to the board as investors register discontent over the phone-hacking affair. But the revolt will be smaller than that seen at News Corp in October where a majority of non-family investors support him. With News Corp also voting its 39.1% in favour of James Murdoch his overall election will be a formality.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/28/peter-hain-computer-private-investigators
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Hurst also accused the Sunday Times of hacking in his evidence,
Monday, 12 September 2011
Friday, 5 August 2011
Media must give footage of rioting to PSNI ( police ): court
Media must give footage of rioting to PSNI: court
Friday, 5 August 2011
News organisations must hand over to police all unseen footage of last month's rioting in Belfast, a judge has ordered.
Judge Piers Grant ruled that the unbroadcast and unedited material should be disclosed because there is a strong chance it could help identify troublemakers and secure convictions.
Lawyers for broadcasters had opposed the PSNI application due to fears it could heighten the risk to the safety of camera crews and reporters. They argued that journalists could be seen to be police evidence-gatherers and hamper their ability to do their job.
Belfast material released by the media following a similar application after disorder last summer was crucial in 15 prosecutions.
Police had sought footage and photographs from broadcasters and news agencies of the violence in parts of north and west Belfast on July 11, 12 and 13. The case centred on competing claims between the public interest in convicting the troublemakers and the threat to the freedom of the Press.
A detective sergeant in charge of co-ordinating evidence gathering told Belfast County Court that the requested unbroadcast footage was likely to be of substantial value.
Material released by the media following a similar application after disorder last summer was said to be crucial in 15 successful prosecutions. He also said: "There is an absolutely legitimate public interest in the detection of crime, the apprehension of those engaged in crime and the charging and sentencing of those involved in it."
The judge pointed out that there was no evidence of an increased threat to journalists following previous disclosure of similar footage.
He added: "I'm satisfied in all the circumstances that there is a strong likelihood that good material which would identify and has the potential to identify those engaged in these very serious and dangerous activities... that material is likely to be in existence.
"I order the disclosure of the material sought in the application."
Story so far
Officers were attacked with petrol and paint bombs in three nights of rioting from July 11. Police responded with water cannon and baton rounds. Hijacked vehicles were set on fire and thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused to property during the rioting. More than 40 officers were injured as mobs attacked police lines with petrol bombs and other missiles.
Story: ( Belfast Telegraph )
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Friday, 29 July 2011
Ian Hurst -Martin Ingram, Hacking: Formal criminal investigation
Formal criminal investigation
Former army intelligence officer Ian Hurst told Channel 4 that he had been informed by the Met this week.
A private investigator working for News of the World allegedly hacked into Mr Hurst's computer in 2006 and retrieved sensitive emails regarding Northern Ireland security matters.
Police officers working for Operation Tuleta have informed me that they have identified information of evidential value in regards to my family's computer being illegally accessed over a sustained period of 2006. Ian Hurst, Former army intelligence officer.
In a statement, Mr Hurst said:
"Police officers working for Operation Tuleta have informed me that they have identified information of evidential value in regards to my family's computer being illegally accessed over a sustained period of 2006.
"The decision by the Metropolitan Police to proceed to a full criminal investigation was conveyed to me this week by Tuleta police officers."
Thursday, 28 July 2011
EX-Garda Exposes New Informer At Smithwick tribunal.
EX-Garda Exposes New Informer At Smithwick tribunal.
Ex Garda sergeant Tom Fox exposes a new informer called "Mr McCann"
The ex-detective said the man he had referred to in his evidence was a Mr McCann, who he had believed was also Mr Keeley.
The retired detective who said an MI5 agent was "unreliable" and "a spacer" has told the Smithwick tribunal that the man he was talking about was not Peter Keeley, the British agent also known as 'Kevin Fulton'.
Inquiries at the social welfare office in Dundalk after Mr McCann left the area had revealed that no person of that name was signing on, he said, although Mr McCann had been seen regularly at the office.
Sources say that there are now new investigations in Republican circles to find out the identity of Mr McCann.
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