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7 Feb, 2014

FBI will be asked to probe corporations accused of illegally accessing data on private individuals – The Independent

The blue-chip hacking scandal has taken a new twist as it emerged that the FBI is set to be called in to investigate eight companies accused of hiring UK-based private investigators that illegally obtained private information about the public.

The Information Commissioner has announced he will contact authorities in America after his inquiry found several US companies employed British rogue PIs that hacked, blagged and stole sensitive data. The investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which has also uncovered “significant” documentary evidence of criminal offences by 11 UK-based clients, was launched last year after The Independent revealed that the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) had ignored dozens of files on the PIs’ corporate clients.

Read the rest: Blue-chip hacking scandal: FBI will be asked to investigate corporations accused of illegally accessing data on private individuals – Crime – UK – The Independent.