Alex Marunchak

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Alex Marunchak is a former senior executive editor of the News of the World.[1]

Police interpreter

Marunchak worked as a freelance Ukrainian interpreter for the Metropolitan Police between 1980 and 2000.[2]

Hurst email interception

According to the BBC's Panorama, Marunchak, received emails obtained via a trojan virus from the computer of Ian Hurst, a former soldier who had served in army intelligence in Northern Ireland. Hurst's computer was reportedly hacked by a former military intelligence colleague who passed the emails to Marunchak.[3]

The hacker was reportedly hired by two former police officers hired in turn as private detectives by Marunchak.[4]

The Daily Telegraph has claimed that Kevin Fulton was also hacked in the episode.[5]

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