Peter Hain served as Northern Ireland Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between 2005-2007. Scotland Yard investigating evidence that his computer was hacked by private detectives working for Murdoch’s News of the World and News International. Hain will be asked to confirm that classified material obtained by police investigators came from his PC, according to a report in The Guardian newspaper. The investigation, which raises questions of national security, is also exploring evidence that computers belonging to other senior Northern Ireland civil servants and intelligence agents were also hacked.”]
Source: https://grahamcluley.com/journalists-hacked-uk-government-police-investigate-claims/