[privacy] Telecom Italia Embroiled in New Espionage Scandal

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via InfoWorld.

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Milan magistrates have arrested four Telecom Italia employees for alleged
illegal espionage activities, bringing a fresh wave of scandal crashing
down onto the former national carrier.

The suspects were identified as Fabio Ghioni, the head of information
security at Telecom Italia; his assistant, Rocco Lucia; and Guglielmo
Sasinini, a former journalist who had been hired by the company to conduct
country risk analyses for the Middle East region, according to a 230-page
arrest warrant signed by Judge Giuseppe Gennari and widely cited in
newspaper reports Friday.

A fourth warrant was served in prison on Giuliano Tavaroli, the former head
of security at Telecom Italia, who had already been incarcerated on illegal
espionage charges as a result of a separate investigation.

The four men are accused of using Telecom Italia’s resources to spy on
Vittorio Colao, the former executive chief executive officer of the Rizzoli
Corriere della Sera (RCS) publishing group, and on Massimo Mucchetti, the
deputy director of the Corriere della Sera newspaper, as part of an
elaborate intelligence operation that has all the hallmarks of a spy
thriller, according to wire reports Thursday and newspaper articles Friday.

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More:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/19/HNitaliaespionage_1.html

- - ferg

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