Publisher to pay substantial damages to Ian Hurst after admitting ‘vicarious liability’ for hacking by detective agencyRupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the Sun and the now-closed News of the World, has apologised in court and agreed to pay damages to a former army intelligence officer whose computer and emails were hacked.In a hearing at the high court on Friday, News Group admitted that a private investigations firm had hacked the computer of Ian Hurst and that its boss, Jonathan Rees, then sent intercepted information to the newspaper publisher. Continue reading…
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