Mediagazer: News International was ordered to improve security arrangements after it was hacked in 2011 (Cleland Thom/Press Gazette)

7:10 AM ET, July 8, 2013

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Cleland Thom / Press Gazette:

News International was ordered to improve security arrangements after it was hacked in 2011 — The Sun was ordered to improve its data protection procedures after its website was hacked in 2011. — Customers' personal details were leaked on to the internet following the hack …

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Vivian Yee / New York Times:

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Nicky Woolf / The Atlantic Online:

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Jack Shafer:

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