Sentences with phrase «hacking scandal which»

On 18 July 2011, it was announced that Elizabeth Filkin would lead an inquiry related to the News International phone hacking scandal which would «recommend changes to links between the police and the media, including how to extend transparency.»

The three executives will face fierce questioning from MPs who have fought a tenacious campaign to expose the phone hacking scandal which has plunged Mr Murdoch's media into crisis in the space of two weeks.

The original Leveson Inquiry took place in 2012 following the phone hacking scandal which led to the closure of the News of the World.

In 2011 the then prime minister, David Cameron, announced a public inquiry into press standards after the phone - hacking scandal which brought down the News of the World.

Not exact matches

The younger son of the media tycoon stepped down as the chairman of the - then BSkyB in 2012, forced out by his links to a scandal at the family's now - defunct News of the World newspaper which, among many other ethical outrages, hacked a murdered schoolgirl's phone in a search for its next story on the case, temporarily misleading the police and the girl's family into thinking she was still alive.

Uber, which is working to vindicate itself under new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi following a string of scandals, faced a setback after it was revealed by Bloomberg in a Nov. 21 report that the company was a victim of a hacking incident in October 2016 — and chose to cover it up by paying $ 100,000...

Suppliers need to be more diligent in their data protection and much prompter about reporting breaches; the scandal in which Uber took 13 months to reveal a hack of 57 million customer records was only the latest reminder.

Other unhelpful stories such as the phone hacking scandal were dismissed as «codswallop» which had been «cooked up by the Labour party.»

Mr Lewis is also calling for a full independent inquiry into the conduct of the British press as a result of the phone hacking scandal, in which News Corporation is heavily implicated.

The Arab Spring, phone - hacking scandal, August riots and the eurozone crisis have dominated headlines this year - and I'm betting it'll be the latter which grips MPs» attention in the Commons in just a few minutes» time.

This time last year the fury of the right - wing press had failed to hide some genuinely encouraging signs of bravery — bravery which presented itself during the phone - hacking scandal.

That may have been a blessing, with Bryant instead enjoying a high profile stint on the culture select committee which saw him at the forefront of the battle with News International during the phone hacking scandal.

But it did not have the same impact on British public life that the phone - hacking scandal is having, and will have, on the country in which we all live - and read about - every day.

The News Corporation chief, who had faced criticism for not apologising before, is seeking to put the phone - hacking scandal behind him by finally expressing regret at the practices which took place under his leadership.

This report comes amid the ongoing Leveson inquiry into the phone hacking scandal, which has severely damaged the reputation of investigative journalists in the UK.

The development follows a spectacular rift between the two men earlier this month, in which Mr Starmer effectively dismantled Mr Yates» reasons for not pursuing more leads in the phone - hacking scandal.

News of the World David Wooding claimed a much - rumoured Sunday Sun paper would not easily grab readers from his paper which has just closed amid a phone hacking scandal.

During the phone - hacking scandal, which led to the closure of the News of the World, she revealed that her own phone had been hacked 28 times in early 2006.

The report, rushed into publication to coincide with a statement to Parliament on the scandal by Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday, focuses on the response to the first hacking allegations raised in 2005 and 2006, which resulted in the arrest and conviction of News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire for conspiring to intercept communications.

The move to boost competition in the banking sector forms part of a broader set of proposals which Labour hopes will help Miliband position himself firmly on the side of reformers — as he did after the phone - hacking scandal.

The hacking scandal last parliament, for instance, was one of the few moments in which Ed Miliband could claim to be on the front foot.

In July 2011 during the News International hacking scandal, Farrelly, a member of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, which had been pursuing the scandal since 2007, took evidence from Rupert Murdoch, his son James and former NI chief executive and News of the World and Sun editor Rebekah Brooks.

Her most significant moment came during the media committee's inquiry into the phone - hacking scandal, which boosted the reputation of select committee and saw News International employees accused to lying to parliament.

Elected officials are rushing to respond to the Equifax data hacking scandal in which the personal details of up to 143 million Americans was exposed — potentially one of the biggest data breaches in U.S. history.

Last night politicians warned that shutting the newspaper would not shut down the scandal, which they said would only end when those responsible for the hacking were brought to justice.

The original Leveson inquiry, which began in 2011 following the phone - hacking scandal, was always meant to include two parts.

After the August riots, Ed Miliband rightly made a connection between the «me - first» culture evident in the riots and that which was displayed in the scandals involving MPs» expenses and phone hacking.

That mirrored other polls showing a growth in climate skepticism over the same time frame, a phenomenon that has been explained by the economic crisis, weather and the «Climategate» scandal, which revealed scientists wrangling in hacked emails (ClimateWire, Dec. 3, 2009).

White's previous presentations have included, «How Not To Become The Next Hacking Scandal» which explores the current cybercrime sector and the way the media deals with the coverage of acts of corporate computer crime — an issue that is extremely relevant in the wake of the Ashley Madison hack.

The email, which was dug out by tech blogger Robert Scoble, was sent to journalists and bloggers by Ashley Madison's PR team after the celebrity iCloud hacking scandal last year.

Wireless was awarded a no - bid $ 27 million contract to track student performance throughout New York state, which was pulled back after the News Corp phone hacking scandal.

Also, as I understand it a «hack» is a derogatory term for the type of journalist who produces articles which are based more on rumour or supposition than fact and aimed more at generating scandal or controversy and than disseminating truth.

While the United States continues the ridiculous debate on the science of climate change (see «Climategate» scandal, which is a result of hacked e-mails from a British research institute, but seems to be getting most play in the United States; but see also this excellent response by the U.S. scientific community organized by a colleague), little such doubt lingers in China, a country governed by technocrats with degrees in engineering and science.

However as the recent scandal in the UK concerning the hacking of phones of celebrities, the bereaved etc shows, the public interest is not always the same thing as that which interests the public.

However, Steven Heffer, partner at Collyer Bristow, which acted for many of the celebrities affected by phone hacking, said: «It is astonishing that the government is abandoning it promises to victims of the phone - hacking scandal.»

The Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal is just the latest in a long line of privacy breaches, including the Equifax hack, the purported Russian hacking of the U.S. voting system, and cryptojacking cases, which have all raised demand for cybersecurity.

The scandal involving Facebook and Cambridge Analytica is the most recent in a troubling trend of information security mishaps in which data belonging to millions of users is hacked, leaked or leveraged irresponsibly.