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Soca concedes it has yet to inform at least 100 victims of blue chip hacking

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By John Glenday, Reporter

August 21, 2013 | 2 min read

The Serious Organised Crime Agency has conceded that it has not yet informed at least 100 potential victims of blue chip hacking which it has identified.

The bulk of these people are thought to have had personal information accessed by private detectives working for large firms and individuals and were first identified back in 2009.

To date no one has been prosecuted or charged with commissioning the alleged offences and just nine potential victims of hacking were informed that their private data may have been compromised.

Four private detectives were convicted however and a list of 102 of their clients was compiled, although their identities are being withheld from publication.

Keith Vaz, chairman of the home affairs select committee said: “It is clear that behind every client’s request of a private investigator lies a victim of potential illegality.This information has been in the possession of Soca since 2009.

“It is therefore imperative that those who have committed wrongdoing are brought to justice and I will be requesting a timetable of the action Soca and the MPS intend to take.

“The scale of the problem is now frighteningly apparent. It seems that for every private investigator in the country, there could be 25 potential victims.

“The Government’s timetable for legislation next year is far too long and may be lost in the wash up before the next election.

“We will therefore not have regulation for years. We need action now."

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