Yes, this comes from the Daily Mail but I expect it will be going much wider and soon.
Jude Law, the actor, and his assistant Ben Jackson, are claiming that their phones were hacked by a News Corp. paper as soon as they touched down at JFK airport. The Tabloid was able to report things that had happend while at the airport as well as details about the trip itself.
Why is this important??
It is the first specific case of hacking on U.S. soil leaving the company open to prosecution under federal law.
The alleged hacking of Law and his personal assistant Ben Jackson took place shortly after they arrived at JFK airport, meaning their phones were operating in U.S. mobile networks.
Prosecutions and costly law suits could be launched in the U.S. regardless of where the hacker was based.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...
BINGO!!
Brian Kabateck, a Los Angeles lawyer who has represented victims of phone hacking in the U.S. told the Daily Telegraph: 'If phones or messages were hacked while these individuals were here in the US, this would clearly be a criminal offence under the federal wiretap acts.
'The authorities take this very seriously here. As well as being an offence under federal status, the victims would also have the right to bring a civil damages case.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...
and now I must run off! Just spreading the good word of the morning.
6:20 AM PT: UPDATE: This will be getting bigger all morning. The Telegraph is saying Jude Law is sueing the SUN and the News of the World. That's their sister paper, of course,