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China Just Told Us Which Bo Xilai Rumors To Believe

China's worried enough about the information going out on the U.S.-based Chinese language site Boxun.com that it apparently took the trouble to knock the site offline, so now we're going to add Boxun to our list of sites worth reading about the Bo Xilai scandal.

By Alexander Abad-Santos

Apr 19, 2012

Rupert and James Murdoch To Not Know Things at New Leveson Hearing

If this father-son News Corporation duo's responses during last year's parliamentary hearings are any indication, hack-gate watchers shouldn't expect to learn very much.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Mar 29, 2012

The Many Wars of Rupert Murdoch

Thanks to Twitter, Rupert Murdoch's next "war" is only 140 characters away. This week, it just happens to be with "lies and libels", "old toffs and rightwingers" and a damning BBC documentary about News Corp.'s alliance with computer hackers.

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By Adam Martin

Mar 14, 2012

Leaked Emails Reveal Assad's Love of LMFAO and Right Said Fred

Syrian opposition activists quietly watched President Bashar al-Assad trade crisis-management tips with Iran and order Right Said Fred songs from iTunes as they secretly accessed his email until Assad shut down his account after a totally separate hack by Anonymous.

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By Adam Martin

Mar 6, 2012

Public Smiles Hide 'Civil War' Within News International

Journalists at News International are "on the edge" and two have reportedly tried to commit suicide as the inquiry into phone hacking and bribery at Rupert Murdoch's U.K. papers moves forward amid internal rancor that even a visit from uncle Rupert probably can't quell.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Dec 21, 2011

Former Mirror Columnist: It's Unlikely Morgan Didn't Know About Phone Hacking

One day after Piers Morgan's evasive testimony denying phone hacking during his editorship at The Daily Mirror, James Hipwell, an ex-columnist has offered up contrary details to the Leveson Inquiry, claiming the practice was widespread at The Mirror.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 13, 2011

Attack on Gene Simmons' Website Puts Another Anonymous Hacker in Jail

If Anonymous learned anything in 2011, it ought to be this: the government takes it very seriously when people break into its secret networks, and so does KISS.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 29, 2011

Update: HP Says Hackers Can't Use Its Printers for Arson

Hacking somebody's printer remotely seems like a silly idea -- how would you pick up your fraudulent documents? But researchers at Columbia say they've found a way to do it, and one effect could be setting the things on fire from afar.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Nov 3, 2011