Sweden's Watergate

An anonymous reader writes, "Sweden's ruling Social Democratic Party's internal network has been illegally accessed several hundred times over a period of several months. Party treasurer Tommy Ohlstroem describes the incident as "wide-scale and systematic." Computer security company Sentor's investigation has revealed intrusions originating from computers belonging to Sweden's Liberal Party, and with the upcoming election in only two weeks many commentators are already describing this as Sweden's Watergate (Swedish only). An employee of the Young Liberals has admitted to unauthorized access, but a series of mysterious coincidences in the form of exceptionally well timed public announcements by the Liberal Party suggests the involvement of more than one person."

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America's Watergate 2004

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Republican Senate staff cracked into the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats' mail server, spying on hundreds of memos focusing on the Democrats' strategy to respond to Bush's nominee judges, including Supreme Court Justices. But somehow that hasn't triggered another Watergate in America's Republican Congress.