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Scotland Yard said the arrest - under Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 - relates to a "suspected conspiracy" involving the gathering of data from stolen mobile phones.
BBC: New Scotland Yard sign
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Unlike the outing of Horton, the hacking carried out by Sky News seems to have been a carefully considered decision by a senior executive as to whether it was in the public interest to commit a prima facie breach of the Computer Misuse Act.
CNN: Opinion: Why journalists need public interest defense
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Mr Martin also faces four charges of obtaining an article for supply for use to commit or to assist in commission of computer misuse, and two of failing to comply with a notice to disclose the key to protected information.
BBC: Lewys Martin of Kent faces Oxbridge cyber attack charges
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He is being held at a police station on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
BBC: Arrest in computer hacking probe
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Gary McKinnon, 43, from Wood Green, London, wants to overturn a refusal to put him on trial in the UK on charges of computer misuse.
BBC: Hacker's human rights 'ignored'