Hackers who broke into the News Corporation network and forced its British websites offline claim to have stolen sensitive data from the company including emails and usernames/passwords.
All of News Corporation’s British websites were taken offline today following an attack on the website of tabloid The Sun, which earlier today was redirecting to a fake story about Rupert Murdoch’s death — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Drobo, makers of the award-winning data storage products for businesses and professionals, today announced that the company has officially approved a name change from Data Robotics, Inc. to Drobo, Inc — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Wall Street Journal has attempted to redirect the criticism that has been levelled against its owner, Rupert Murdoch, against the journalists who uncovered allegations of illegal phone-hacking at the News of the World.
In an angry, unsigned editorial, the paper accuses the Guardian and the BBC of driving the phone-hacking story for “commercial and ideological motives”. It implies the Guardian did not have the right to make “lectures about journalistic standards” because of the newspaper’s involvement in publishing the WikiLeaks embassy cables — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The former Murdoch chief executive, Rebekah Brooks, has been arrested on charges of conspiring to intercept communications and corruption allegations, thought to be related to payments to police.
Police questioned the former News International boss at a London police station where she was arrested by appointment. She was questioned by police after two separate investigations: one into phone hacking, Operation Weeting, and the other, Operation Elvedon, which is looking into the bribery of police — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has resigned following the phone hacking scandal.
Britain’s most senior police officer has faced criticism for hiring former News of the World executive Neil Wallis — who was questioned by police investigating hacking — as an adviser — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, has resigned, the company has confirmed.
Her departure follows days of growing pressure to step down as the phone hacking crisis grew.
In a statement, she said she felt a deep responsibility for the people we have hurt
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that News of the World journalists tried to hack into the phones of victims of the 9/11 attacks in New York.
The launch of the FBI inquiry amounts to the first official inquiry within the US into News Corporation activities. The move brings the scandal within Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper division closer to his American home and to News Corporation’s headquarters in Manhattan — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A ninth person has been arrested over phone hacking at the News of the World in London.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said Neil Wallis, 60, was taken in for questioning — after an early-morning raid on a house in west London — on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications.
Mr Wallis is a former deputy editor and executive editor of the News of the World.
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The contagion from the scandal engulfing News International has spread to Australia, being raised while the Prime Minister was answering questions about the scandal and the vitriolic carbon tax debate.
Julia Gillard, addressing the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday, had a simple lesson on media ethics.
Don’t write crap … Can’t be that hard,
she said.
And when you have written complete crap, then I think you should correct it
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
In a wide-ranging investigation, Lord Justice Levenson, who will head an independent expert panel, will be able to compel witnesses to appear before him and has been asked to reshape the regulation of newspapers in Britain.
The senior judge has claimed that his task is to ask who guards the guardian?
and he will also be able to look at media ownership and how much of the market is controlled by one proprietor or company — via redwolf.newsvine.com
PepsiCo Inc will soon sell its 7UP soft drink in Canada in bottles made from 100 percent recycled plastic, a move that paves the way for a wider roll-out to other drinks and other regions — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An online entrepreneur says that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The embattled News Corporation is facing more hacking dramas this week, after a News Limited subsidiary today revealed that it had been forced to remove malware that was being transmitted to readers from the websites of the Herald Sun and The Weekly Times — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Rupert Murdoch’s News Limited has announced an audit of expenditure by its Australian newspapers in a bid to ensure their journalistic practices are clean — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. collected $4.8 billion in income tax refunds in the last four years, an investigation has uncovered.
The payback means Murdoch’s US-based media empire has actually made money on tax rebates on top of its $10.4 billion in profits — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Rupert Murdoch capitulated to parliament and abandoned News Corporation’s £8bn bid for BSkyB, as he faced the prospect of appearing in front of a judicial public inquiry to salvage his personal reputation and the right for his company to continue to broadcast in the UK — via redwolf.newsvine.com
US fast food chain McDonald’s has persuaded the Russian authorities that its outlets are supermarkets rather than restaurants in a landmark lawsuit that blocked an attempt by the Russian taxman to almost double its tax bill — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The crisis engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire dramatically worsened last night when it was claimed that private investigators working for The Sun and The Sunday Times targeted the former prime minister Gordon Brown.
In another extraordinary day in the phone-hacking scandal, News International’s denials that illicit news-gathering techniques stretched beyond the News of the World came under strain in the face of well-sourced claims that two of its other best-selling titles were also involved in serious wrongdoing — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Regional pay TV operator Austar says it has reached an agreement with Foxtel and Liberty over their $2.5 billion takeover offer.
Foxtel and Liberty are offering Austar shareholders $1.52 per share in cash, which is a 54 per cent premium to Austar’s trading price of less than $1 before takeover speculation started — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Some estate agents are prepared to flout critical laws that are designed to protect tenants from abuse, a BBC London investigation has found.
One rental manager was secretly filmed explaining he could harass problematic tenants by changing locks, calling them all day and lying to the police that they were running a brothel.
The housing charity Shelter and the National Association of Estate Agents have condemned the shocking
practices uncovered by the undercover investigation and are calling for tougher regulation — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Food giant Nestle has taken a big step towards expanding its operations in China, one of the world’s biggest consumer markets.
It has agreed to buy a 60% stake in the Chinese sweets and snack maker, Hsu Fu Chi International, for $1.7bn (£1bn) — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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