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Prince William and Harry's mobile phones 'may have been hacked'
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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 02:11:13 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/6128186/Prince-William-and-Harrys-mobile-phones-may-have-been-hacked.html By Chris Irvine Telegraph.co.uk 02 Sept 2009 Detective Chief Superintendent Philip Williams, from the Metropolitan Police, raised the possibility at the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. When asked if he suspected journalists had hacked into the princes' mobile phones, Mr Williams told the committee: "Yes, I think they may well have done." Former News of the World Royal editor Clive Goodman was jailed for four months in 2007 after admitting hacking into hundreds of messages on mobile phones belonging to aides of the Royal Family. Glenn Mulcaire, a private investigator was also sent to prison for his involvement in the affair. The two men had made 609 calls to retrieve private messages from mobile phones belonging to the princes' personal secretary, private secretary and The Prince of Wales' communications secretary. [...] ________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org
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