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The United Kingdom's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) investigated the use of corrupt private investigators by British 'blue chip' companies in 2008. In one of five investigations reviewed by SOCA, 102 organisations and individuals involved were identified.〔 The investigators specialised in illegally obtaining private data from banks, utility companies and HM Revenue and Customs.〔 The list of 102 names has been given to the Home Affairs Select Committee that is investigating private investigators. SOCA is refusing to allow the select committee to publish the names on the list, and together with the Metropolitan Police, has stressed that none of the names are believed to have acted illegally.〔 ==Firms involved== 102 companies in 22 different sectors were named on the list given by SOCA to the Home Affairs Select Committee. Many of the names on the list were uncovered as a result of Operation Millipede, a SOCA investigation into blagging and hacking. SOCA is preventing the committee from naming the individual companies, but has allowed the naming of some of the sectors that the companies are in. These include: *Accountancy firms *Auditors *Food service companies *Car rental agencies *Construction companies *Financial services companies *Insurance companies *Insurance businesses *Law firms *Management consultancies *Oil companies *Rail firms *Venture capitalists The individual companies have not been told by SOCA that they have been identified. Two celebrities have been identified in addition to the companies above. On 10 September 2013, it was reported in the ''Daily Mail'' that one of the named celebrities was Simon Cowell. The largest sector identified are law firms, twenty two appear on the list.〔 SOCA and the Metropolitan Police are not alleging that the individuals or companies on the list have or may have committed criminal offences.〔 In addition, the Metropolitan Police is checking the list against its own current investigation, they will inform the select committee when their investigation is complete.〔 There is an additional list of 200 names held by the Metropolitan Police. Graham Freeman, a hacker who was jailed as a result of SOCA's Operation Milipede said that 80 per cent of his clients were blue-chip companies and high profile individuals, with the rest connected to the media. Freeman said that SOCA's list was a "Pandoras box", which could lead to the imprisonment of dozens of bankers, lawyers and boardroom executives.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blue chip hacking scandal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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