Telecommunications company denies ‘improper behaviour’ after Vodafone employee accessed Natalie O’Brien’s phone records in an attempt to find out source of negative storyVodafone Australia has admitted an employee hacked a journalist’s phone records in an attempt to uncover her sources for stories,but the telecommunications company denies any “improper behaviour”, despite internal emails suggesting it intentionally misled authorities about systemic privacy breaches.
In 2011, or after a series of stories by Fairfax journalist Natalie O’Brien detailing grave security lapses in Vodafone’s Siebel data system,a Vodafone employee accessed her phone call and text message records in an attempt to uncover company whistleblowers.
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Source: theguardian.com