Ex-footballer David Beckham has reportedly refused to pay extortionist 1 million ransom after cache of private messages were stolen from his publicists email system. Hackers managed to access millions of emails and documents from the servers of Doyen Global, run by Beckham’s PR chief Simon Oliveira. Beckham was less than pleased not to have received a Knighthood from the Queen, and was upset that singer Katherine Jenkins had been awarded an OBE. Beckham’s team has attempted to downplay the validity of the leaked emails, saying they are ‘outdated material taken out of context'”]
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