US looks into alleged hacking by News Corp.'s ad arm

[cal04]

In 2009 lawsuit, rival accused firm of illegally accessing computers, tarnishing its reputation
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43847056/ns/us_news-life/

Justice Department prosecutors are reviewing allegations that News Corp.’s advertising arm repeatedly hacked into the computers of a competitor in the United States as part of an effort to steal the rival firm’s business, according to a lawyer for the company.

Bill Isaacson, the lawyer for Floorgraphics, a New Jersey-based advertising firm, told NBC News he was contacted this week by two federal prosecutors and an FBI agent based in New York seeking information about claims that the firm’s computers were hacked by News America Marketing, the advertising division of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., seven years ago.

The allegations were first reported to the FBI in 2004 and prompted investigations at the time by the bureau, the Secret Service and the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, according to documents obtained by NBC News and congressional correspondence.

[Seedersandleechers]

1. Why don't they just feed us opium

instead of false hope.