Sentences with phrase «phone hacking when»

The Downing Street spin doctor handed in his notice because he could not shrug off allegations that he knew about phone hacking when he was Editor of the News of the World.

He resigned in January 2011, saying allegations that he was involved in phone hacking when editor of the News of the World made it impossible for him to continue.

Not exact matches

The Murdoch family have never wavered in their ambition to take full control of Sky, despite the damaging failure of a previous attempt five years ago when their British newspaper business became embroiled in a phone - hacking scandal.

At a time when everything from confidential corporate emails to iCloud accounts are getting hacked, these successful people might have the right idea by turning to flip phones.

Recently, Trapster, an app that warns drivers when a speed trap is ahead, was hacked, exposing millions of iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile phone passwords — some of which may also have been linked to a user's PayPal account.

When the 81 - year - old head of News Corp. took to Twitter in January, many assumed he was trying to soften his image following the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

And second, every phone has a unique signature built into its software, and when that is combined with a randomly generated code every time you login, it makes the transmission theoretically impossible to hack.

When perceived failures of a successor, such as the phone hacking scandal, are very public, they can be very hard for the successor to live down.

When Jobs and Wozniak got the phone hacking device to work, their first call was to the Vatican.

This saga took many turns, including Tunsil's draft moment being ruined when his phone was hacked and tweeted out a video of him smoking out of a gas mask.

Her claim that she only discovered about the Milly Dowler phone - hacking case when everybody else did was tough for MPs to argue with, as it was so uncompromising.

Attention after today's hearings will focus on Thursday's evidence sessions, when Peter Clarke, the former deputy assistance commissioner who led the day - to - day work of the 2006 phone - hacking inquiry and former assistant commissioner Andy Hayman, his direct superior at the time, will appear.

He will be confronted with evidence from a number of witnesses who have called into question his claim that he knew nothing about the practise of phone - hacking being widespread when he signed off a # 400,000 payment to Professional Footballers» Association chief executive Gordon Taylor.

The prime minister said he had decided to give the former News of the World editor, who had edited the tabloid at the time when royal editor Clive Goodman was jailed for phone - hacking, a «second chance» because he had «done the honourable thing» by resigning.

The Tory leader was embarrassed by a clash between his evidence and Mr Coulson's about when the reassurances that Mr Coulson was not involved in phone - hacking were given.

«When it came to phone - hacking, there was a grotesque breach of trust between the police and those they were meant to protect,» it said in a statement.

He says it's bizarre that some phone - hacking victims get # 20,000 in compensation - Andy Gray - and the other is paid when it's all being kept quiet - namly # 600,000.

18:27 - Brooks says she first heard of Milly Dowler's phone being hacked when everyone else did.

Questions were also raised that summer when a scandal broke about phone hacking.

Watson: Why did you tell the committee the legal team had conducted a thorough investigation when they say they didn't do an investigation into phone - hacking at all?

It appears that Yates did not realise that he himself had been a target when he was responsible for the policing of the phone - hacking affair between July 2009 and January 2011.

[71] Mark Lewis, the solicitor acting for a number of phone hacking victims including the family of Milly Dowler, stated in evidence that he was sacked from his job when fellow partners at his law firm stated they no longer wished to pursue other victims» claims.

«There has been a significant amount of interest in recent weeks among the media over understanding of the complex law in respect of phone hacking, particularly in relation to the prosecutions of Goodman and Mulcaire [who were charges when the affairs originally broke],» the joint statement reads.

John Yates endured another bruising interrogation over his decision - making over phone - hacking today, when he appeared for a marathon session at the Leveson inquiry.

He resigned from the Sunday paper when its royal editor, Clive Goodman, was convicted of phone hacking.

He claimed that when people stopped him in the street, they most often mentioned his campaigning against phone hacking, his quest to uncover child abuse and his passion for music.

When the former News of the World journalist Neil Wallis learned at the weekend that he would not be charged over the phone - hacking affair he shared his relief and anger with Radio 4 listeners; anger about both his own 21 - month ordeal and the scale of arrests of fellow journalists during Operation Weeting.

When the News of the World phone - hacking scandal broke, Cameron found himself embroiled in the controversy.

I pointed out to the beleaguered - sounding commander who phoned me after I raised the phone hacking issue at prime minister's questions that plots to conduct covert surveillance on sitting prime ministers were the sort of thing you'd see in movies, and that most people would think a «rigorous assessment process» wasn't really required when deciding to investigate.

The West Bromwich East MP's relentless investigation into phone - hacking put him in prime position when the scandal blew up, but his reputation was really cemented when he questioned James and Rupert Murdoch on the media select committee.

The former News of the World editor became the story when he was hit by phone hacking allegations.

John Yates endured another bruising interrogation over his phone - hacking decision - making today, when he appeared for a marathon session at the Leveson inquiry.

Mr Coulson then appeared in front of the media committee to tell MPs he was unaware of a widespread culture of phone hacking at the newspaper when he was in charge.

The day of the emergency debate on phone hacking in the Commons, and after PMQs, when Labour leader Ed Miliband called for Rebekah Brooks to consider her position as chief executive of News International.

Wonder when Mangano's top cop is going to find out what kind of low life was hacking both his phone and his girlfriend's phone to send explicit messages back and forth.

David Cameron's spin doctor suffered another blow yesterday when MPs ordered the Westminster sleaze watchdog to probe phone - hacking claims.

Miliband was Labour leader when he, David Cameron and Nick Clegg agreed to a cross-party response to phone hacking.

In 2011, when the new revelations of phone hacking broke, Hinton offered his resignation and it was accepted.

The prime minister should expect a series of questions examining his actions and motivations during the period before the summer of 2011, when amid the heat of the phone - hacking scandal politicians were finally able to make a break with the past for good.

Mr Yates told the home affairs select committee that the police had been advised to only consider phone - hacking cases when a voicemail had been intercepted before it was listened to by the intended recipient.

Ed Miliband, who enjoyed some of his strongest moments as Labour leader when the phone - hacking on Milly Dowler story broke, seemed far more enthusiastic and even victorious as he gave a speech which poured praise on his own political opponents, including Cameron and Nick Clegg.

May says that it is not for the Home Secretary to decide if there is evidence to investigate into an issue but a decision for the police when quizzed by Jay following the New York Times article outlining the scale of the phone - hacking saga.

Ian Edmondson, who has been suspended from active duties after allegations that he was linked to phone hacking at the News of the World, was one of Andy Coulson's inner circle of executives when David Cameron's director of communications was editor of the paper, according to a former reporter on the tabloid.

The two sets of notes, believed to date to 2004 when the NoW's first investigation into Sheridan's alleged adultery was at its peak, could suggest Mulcaire was twice ordered to hack Sheridan's mobile phone or pass on his private pin code to NoW reporters.

He denied any knowledge of illegal phone hacking and resigned because he said a spokesman could no longer continue when he needed a spokesman himself.

Second, when it reached for the moral high ground over News International and phone - hacking.

I mean, he's worked with him on, for example, tackling the problems of all the phone - hacking and the Tories trying to rig the boundaries, so actually when we've put forward a proposal that the Lib Dems are prepared to support then they do work with us.

Especially on Murdoch and phone - hacking, he has been an outstanding backbencher even when he was on the front bench.

When the Crown Prosecution Service announced in December 2015 that there would be no further criminal action on phone hacking, it said it had considered evidence of email deletion and decided that there were «legitimate reasons for companies to have an email deletion policy... In this case, there is no evidence to suggest that email deletion was undertaken in order to pervert the course of justice.»

Mulcaire actually hacked his own editor's message from Pawlby's phone, and the recording was found by police when they searched his home.