Leveson Inquiry hears that a journalist for The Times hacked into computers in 2009. The journalist was disciplined in 2009 for involvement in computer hacking. News Internationals interim director of legal affairs Simon Toms underlined that the journalist had not been authorised by the paper’s management. Toms: This was an act of the journalist and was not authorised by TNL. As such, I understand it resulted in the result in the hacking of the paper, says Toms.”]
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