Nokia Paid Millions of Euros to Blackmailer, Finnish MTV Reports
2014-06-17 14:14:49.911 GMT
By Adam Ewing and Kati Pohjanpalo
June 17 (Bloomberg) -- Nokia paid “several million euros”
to blackmailer in 2007-2008, Finnish broadcaster MTV reports,
without saying how it got the information.
* Extortion related to encryption key for Symbian operating
system, which would have made any software appear genuine to
mobile phone where it was being installed
* Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation probing case of
gross extortion: MTV cites Detective Chief Inspector Tero
Haapala
* James Etheridge, a Nokia spokesman, declined to comment when
contacted by Bloomberg News
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2014-06-17 14:14:49.911 GMT
By Adam Ewing and Kati Pohjanpalo
June 17 (Bloomberg) -- Nokia paid “several million euros”
to blackmailer in 2007-2008, Finnish broadcaster MTV reports,
without saying how it got the information.
* Extortion related to encryption key for Symbian operating
system, which would have made any software appear genuine to
mobile phone where it was being installed
* Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation probing case of
gross extortion: MTV cites Detective Chief Inspector Tero
Haapala
* James Etheridge, a Nokia spokesman, declined to comment when
contacted by Bloomberg News
For Related News and Information:
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First Word newswire: NH BFW<GO>
To contact the reporters on this story:
Adam Ewing in Stockholm at +46-8-610-0706 or
aewing5@bloomberg.net;
Kati Pohjanpalo in Helsinki at +358-9-2512-2678 or
kpohjanpalo@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Kenneth Wong at +49-30-70010-6215 or
kwong11@bloomberg.net