The Phone Hacking Scandal

Dimmerswitch wrote:

LulzSec

Oh my [/sulu]

One of the criticisms I heard of Lulzsec was that they were doing things like hacking the AZ (immigration?) databases which pretty much can't lead to anything good, when there's plenty of undeniably shady stuff like the phone hacking going on that they could have kept busy with.

LobsterMobster wrote:

Don't worry, the police say it's not suspicious. Unexplained, but not suspicious.

The Guardian article Axon linked notes he did have a history of using drugs and alcohol and that he recently felt unwell enough to see a doctor about it.

Yeah, didn't think so. Myself and Scratched seem to be arriving at the notion that we hoped it wasn't media hounding that put him over the edge. Given what we know now, its pretty slim hope.

Scratched wrote:
Dimmerswitch wrote:

LulzSec

Oh my [/sulu]

Yep. This already very interesting story just got even more interesting.

If the situation caused or influenced his death being one second earlier than it needed to be, that's bad enough. That it was all coming to a head with arrests, commons inquiries and 24 hour coverage probably didn't help.

And, so Lulzsec strikes. Here's the front page of the Sun before it went down:

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That is hilarious.

Dimmerswitch wrote:

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This really is the perfect .gif for this entire debacle. It's better than the Michael Jackson one, because Stephen's glee is more apparent. Although this works as well.

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Out of curiosity, are the News and Top Stories on the right side of that image fake, too? Or is the site normally that ludicrous?

Mixolyde wrote:

Out of curiosity, are the News and Top Stories on the right side of that image fake, too? Or is the site normally that ludicrous?

From my limited exposure to The Sun odds are they're real. Think the New York Post.

Murdoch just got hit with a shaving-foam pie when being questioned by the Commons committee. Apparently it happened at a crucial point, so the twat that did it spoiled the flow of the interrogation, caused a 15 minute break and has hijacked the news.

1Dgaf wrote:

Murdoch just got hit with a shaving-foam pie when being questioned by the Commons committee. Apparently it happened at a crucial point, so the twat that did it spoiled the flow of the interrogation, caused a 15 minute break and has hijacked the news.

Saw that. What is the point? I don't know that responding in such a way really helps anything.

obirano wrote:
1Dgaf wrote:

Murdoch just got hit with a shaving-foam pie when being questioned by the Commons committee. Apparently it happened at a crucial point, so the twat that did it spoiled the flow of the interrogation, caused a 15 minute break and has hijacked the news.

Saw that. What is the point? I don't know that responding in such a way really helps anything.

It doesn't. If anything it distracts from the main point and gives Murdoch another chance to play the victim card.

Rupert Murdoch must be loving this. Seriously.

Whilst it changes the headlines from "Murdoch an evasive Mr Burns lookalike" to "Testicle impersonator hit with custard pie", I'm not sure anyone would ever call him a victim for being hit with a custard pie. Though I imagine the Sun will prove me wrong tomorrow.

I'm a bit irked that LulzSec came out of retirement. They said they were done and I don't want to see them attacking innocent consumers again.

In other news, US authorities have arrested 16 people under suspicion of involvement with Anonymous. I don't know if there's any relation, but I do know that LulzSec was under a lot of pressure when it announced the "planned" end of its little rampage. If they're sticking their collective head up again, maybe a few more will get caught.

LobsterMobster wrote:

I'm a bit irked that LulzSec came out of retirement. They said they were done and I don't want to see them attacking innocent consumers again.

For a group of people "attacking innocent consumers" I don't think they'll have much trouble sleeping at night for doing a bit more of what they did before. They're certainly not going to stop because you're irked at them.

LobsterMobster wrote:

In other news, US authorities have arrested 16 people under suspicion of involvement with Anonymous. I don't know if there's any relation, but I do know that LulzSec was under a lot of pressure when it announced the "planned" end of its little rampage. If they're sticking their collective head up again, maybe a few more will get caught.

I'm guessing it's related to the previous hacks. I don't think there's any lightning speed visual basic interfaces to track their IP to instantly pinpoint and gather evidence on yesterday's hacks and then raid the suspects before they flee the country.

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While Rupert certainly is contemptible, I can't see how he would be intimately involved enough to know the level of detail in a small chunk of his empire. James maybe should have known more. Brooks is either incompetent or a liar. "Willful ignorance" is not so strong a defence, as evidenced at Enron, and I hope they nail her to the wall.

These people are paid mountains of money to be 'in charge', for the onerous taking of responsibility on behalf of the company, and yet when it comes down to it they claim they know nothing.

NSMike wrote:

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Psst... your horns are showing, Mr. Murdoch.

Hah! I thought those were Photoshopped-in horns... didn't realize they were the guy's collar at first.

Awesome.

Apparently Murdoch used to be heavily involved in the editorial process at his English papers. So that's the expectation now.

Also, even if something is just 1% of your business, if it could be stirring up 100% of the sh*t, you'd best pay attention.

I've managed teams of up to 100 people in the past. If one of them (1%) was involved in felonious activity for a period of several years and folks had lodged several serious allegations, I think I would know about it.

Scratched wrote:

Way to go...

This isn't about shooting oneself in the foot. This is going full Cobain.

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Vector wrote:
Scratched wrote:

Way to go...

This isn't about shooting oneself in the foot. This is going full Cobain.

I missed that one. It was the last straw, so I just cancelled my subscription to The Times, compete with lengthy rant.

spider_j wrote:

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Vector wrote:
Scratched wrote:

Way to go...

This isn't about shooting oneself in the foot. This is going full Cobain.

I missed that one. It was the last straw, so I just cancelled my subscription to The Times, compete with lengthy rant.

That is just unbelievable.

The NEws of the World launched a campaign for 'Sarah's law' which would allow people to see if sex offenders lived near them; Sarah Payne was a little girl murdered by a paedophile. The child's mother wrote a piece for the paper's final edition.

Turns out that the NotW may have hacked the mother. The paper's editor even gave the woman a mobile phone as a present.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...

EDIT:

Oh and I think the judge appointed for the enquiry used to attend Murdoch's parties.

Seems like the Murdochs might go down a peg after all.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/inte...

I wonder if they know how to say "to listen to your messages, press one" in Norwegian yet.