Former secretary of state for Northern Ireland Shaun Woodward has said the lives of the public may have been put at risk if computers of Northern Ireland Office ministers were hacked.

BBC: Shaun woodward

Yesterday, Senate investigators released a study describing how the maker of the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers used subsidiaries based in Ireland to avoid income taxes on a big chunk of its global profits.

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Shortly after publishing their findings together with the Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySys) in Budapest, the Guardian ran with it on its website, citing the reports findings that said miniduke was still active on government computers in countries like Portugal, Ireland and Belgium.

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Beginning early 2012, previous series of BBC shows such as "Torchwood" and "Spooks" will be available for Netflix members to watch instantly in the UK and Ireland streamed over the Internet to connected TVs, tablets, game consoles, computers and mobile phones.

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