Met police accused of using hackers to access protesters' emails

Exclusive: Watchdog investigates claim that secretive unit worked with Indian police to obtain campaigners' passwords

The police watchdog is investigating allegations that a secretive Scotland Yard unit used hackers to illegally access the private emails of hundreds of political campaigners and journalists.

The allegations were made by an anonymous individual who says the unit worked with Indian police, who in turn used hackers to illegally obtain the passwords of the email accounts of the campaigners, and some reporters and press photographers.