Hacker testifies News Corp unit hired him

SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) -- A computer hacker testified on Wednesday that a News Corp unit hired him to develop pirating software, but denied using it to penetrate the security system of a rival satellite television service.

Christopher Tarnovsky -- who said his first payment was $20,000 in cash hidden in electronic devices mailed from Canada -- testified in a corporate-spying lawsuit brought against News Corp's NDS Group by DISH Network Corp.

The trial could result in hundreds of millions of dollars in damage awards. full story