UK: Polizei hackt Regierungs-PCs?

[Aka-Aka]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/21/npeers21.xml

Detectives in the cash-for-honours inquiry were forced to "hack" into Downing Street computers in the search for evidence, The Sunday Telegraph has discovered.
It is understood that John Yates authorised officers to use all lawful and legitimate means to discover whether information was being withheld
Police used computer experts to obtain confidential material, and are also believed to have approached Number 10's internet suppliers to gain access to government email records.

Wow...

 

[Captain Picard]

AW: UK: Polizei hackt Regierungs-PCs?

Wen ich das richtig verstehe, ist das aber nicht on-line sondern on-site geschehen:

Computers belonging to senior Labour officials and aides have also been seized during the inquiry. The police have used electronic experts to obtain material from the files of two of the other people arrested,

 

[Fidul]

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Legal experts say that high-level authorisation — similar to the granting of a search warrant — is needed for remote accessing of computers.

Das klingt aber wirklich nach Trojanern. Die Beschlagnahmungen waren anscheinend nur ein Teil der Maßnahmen.