A sensitive conference call between FBI and British police's cybercrime investigators was recorded by the very people they were trying to catch, officials and hackers said today.
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Hackers target US security think tank
Sunday 25 December 2011
Hackers claimed to have stolen a raft of e-mails and credit card data from US-based security think tank Stratfor, promising it was just the start of a week-long Christmas inspired assault on a long list of targets.
Tory MP Louise Mensch claims hackers threatened her children
Tuesday 23 August 2011
The conservative MP Louise Mensch has contacted police over claims that computer hackers made online threats to her children.
Church of Scientology fires a second salvo against the New Yorker
Tuesday 08 February 2011
Senior staff say they are unaware of any investigation and deny all allegations of wrongdoing, have instead hit the gilded roofs of their many properties.
Sect scandal: Scientologists outraged by defector's claims
Tuesday 08 February 2011
Film-maker causes furore with magazine allegations about secret FBI 'investigation'
Richard Ingrams: Why do wealthy politicians need to fiddle expenses?
Saturday 23 October 2010
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John Travolta ends $25m extortion case linked to death of his son
Tuesday 07 September 2010
Two people accused of attempting to extort $25m (£16m) from John Travolta following the death of his son are to walk free after a judge in the Bahamas dismissed the case against them, apparently at the actor's request.
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Saturday 13 March 2010
John Major, Charles Manson and the Mormons all fell for 15-year prank
Guy Adams: Revealed - Scientologists claim the dead Michael Jackson as one of their own
Friday 11 December 2009
A few weeks back, I discovered that the Church of Scientology was using images of Sir Winston Churchill, together with quotations from his speeches on a selection of its fundraising and recruitment literature.
Leave Churchill out of Scientology, says family
Sunday 29 November 2009
Images of Britain's wartime leader are being used in recruiting posters
Ex-Scientologist sues the cult for loss of girlfriend and business
Sunday 22 November 2009
A former member threatens to disclose the inner workings of the organisation to which he was 'persuaded to give substantial sums'
Scientology fined £545,000 in first conviction for fraud
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Church fined and ordered to advertise findings from trial around the world
Church of Scientology convicted of fraud
Tuesday 27 October 2009
A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than €600,000 ($900,000) today but stopped short of banning the group as prosecutors had demanded.
Oscar-winning director: why I'm leaving Scientology
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Haggis fires parting shot at 'hate-filled and bigoted' church
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