Ministry denies investigation focus is on hacking of Opposition MPs' e-mails

The IT ministry said today that a story in another section of the media that the on-going police investigation on MITTS was about hacking into the email accounts of members of the Opposition was “a pack of lies”. “Neither MITTS nor the Ministry have...

The IT ministry said today that a story in another section of the media that the on-going police investigation on MITTS was about hacking into the email accounts of members of the Opposition was “a pack of lies”.

“Neither MITTS nor the Ministry have ever had any inkling of this sort of allegation contained in the story,” the ministry said, adding that if the quoted “senior Labour Party officials” had any facts at hand they should immediately pass them on to the police.

IT Minister Austin Gatt last Monday told Parliament that the attack on the government e-mail system happened some three weeks ago and intense police investigations were still going on.

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