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UK lawmakers to debate phone-hacking scandal

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British lawmakers will hold an emergency debate on Wednesday over a phone-hacking scandal at a top-selling newspaper that has prompted calls for the resignation of a well-connected Rupert Murdoch executive and provoked a public outcry that could damage the paper's sales.

New hacking allegation piles pressure on Murdoch

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Prime Minister David Cameron led a chorus of condemnation Tuesday over allegations a top-selling British newspaper from Rupert Murdoch's global media empire hacked the voicemail of a missing schoolgirl who was later found murdered.
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Sony to reshuffle games unit management after hacking

Sony Corp's second-in-command, Kazuo Hirai, will relinquish day-to-day control of the company's videogames unit in September, making way for a Welsh-born Sony veteran just months after hackers launched a massive attack against the electronics giant.
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U.S. urges banks to step up online fraud protections

Bank regulators warned banks to be on guard against increasingly clever computer hacking on Tuesday, indicating heightened alert against security breaches that have plagued government and corporate institutions in recent weeks.
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Four smartphone apps that cops don't like

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LulzSec shuts down, posts final leak of data

Notorious hacking group LulzSec is no more, according to a Pastebin document purportedly posted by the group. However, the group did NOT confirm via Twitter or its website that it has shut down.

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