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Published on
12 Jul 2011
12 Jul 2011
As the extent of the phone-hacking scandal at News International is revealed, security and privacy expert Ian Brown tells New Scientist that British lawmakers were alerted to the risks from hackers and corrupt insiders, but chose to ignore warnings.