Thursday, April 24, 2008

News Corp hired hacker

A computer hacker testified on Wednesday that <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080424/tc_nm/echostar_newscorp_dc">a News Corp unit hired him to develop pirating software,</A> but denied using it to penetrate the security system of a rival satellite television service.

Christopher Tarnovsky--who said his first payment was $20,000 in cash hidden in electronic devices mailed from Canada--testified in a corporate-spying lawsuit brought against News Corp's NDS Group by DISH Network Corp. The trial could result in hundreds of millions of dollars in damage awards.

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