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UK student convicted of denial of service attack
A London jury convicted a 22-year-old student and member of the hacking group Anonymous on Thursday of taking part in cyberattacks on several major ...
Cameron urges quick creation of press regulator
Britain's prime minister has warned newspaper editors they must act quickly to set up an independent press regulator in the wake of a media ethics ...
JK Rowling 'dismayed' at response to press report
Victims of press intrusion including writer J.K. Rowling on Friday urged Britain's political leaders to fully implement a judge's recommendations on ...
UK judge issues damning press verdict
Britain's unruly newspapers should be regulated by an independent body dominated by non-journalists with the power to levy steep fines, a judge said ...
Long scandal highlights faults of British press
Here are key developments in the phone hacking scandal involving segments of Britain's unruly press: November 2005: The News of the World tabloid ...
A look at scandals involving UK media
After a yearlong inquiry full of sensational testimony, Britain's Lord Justice Brian Leveson released a report Thursday into the culture and practices ...
UK's Cameron assessing review of country's press
Prime Minister David Cameron failed to offer any clues Wednesday on whether he will support new more stringent regulation of Britain's press following ...
UN nuclear agency reports being hacked
The International Atomic Energy Agency acknowledged Tuesday that one of its servers had been hacked after a previously unknown group critical of ...
Judgment day: UK media faces moment of truth
It's judgment day for Britain's press. After nearly 18 months of damaging revelations about widespread media misconduct, the senior judge tapped to ...
US rejects report of hacking at French presidency
The U.S. Embassy in Paris on Wednesday "categorically" denied claims in a French magazine report that the U.S. government was behind a hacking attack ...
2 ex-confidants of British PM face bribery charges
Two former confidants of Britain's prime minister have been charged with conspiring to pay public officials in exchange for stories and information ...
Germany: Parents win appeal over son's downloads
A German court has ruled that the parents of a 13-year-old boy weren't liable for his illegal file sharing. The ruling Thursday by Germany's Federal ...
Google, Amazon and Starbucks face questions on tax
British lawmakers on Monday accused major multinational companies of aggressive tax avoidance, amid calls by the U.K. government for a global ...
Newspaper discloses new Cameron text messages
A British lawmaker called Sunday for the country's media ethics inquiry to publish all the text messages it has between Prime Minister David Cameron ...
James Murdoch easily re-elected to BSkyB board
James Murdoch has been re-elected to the board of British Sky Broadcasting with little opposition. However, his 95 percent share of the vote at the ...
UK newspaper co. shares fall after hacking claims
The publisher of the British tabloid once edited by Piers Morgan lost more than a tenth of its value after a prominent lawyer revealed that the ...
Phone hacking suits hit Piers Morgan's old tabloid
Four alleged phone hacking victims have filed suit against the publisher of Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, a tabloid once edited by CNN presenter ...
UK's Cameron in new tangle over phone hacking
British Prime Minister David Cameron is ducking new questions about text messages he traded with Rebekah Brooks, the former chief of News Corp.'s U.K.
EU regulators ask Google to change privacy policy
European regulators have asked Google to clarify its new privacy policy and make it easier for users to opt out of it because of concerns that the web ...
UK blocks extradition of alleged hacker to US
A British computer hacker's decade-long struggle to avoid trial in the U.S. over alleged breaches of military and NASA networks ended in success ...
EU Official: Time running out on online privacy
A European Union official warns that time's running out to create a system to prevent Internet users from having every click recorded. Neelie Kroes, ...
Hacked UK police blogger wins damages from Times
A police blogger unmasked after the Times of London hacked his email has been awarded 42,500 pounds ($68,000) in damages from the newspaper's ...