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PARIS (AFP) - Two senior executives at French state energy giant Electricite de France (EDF) have been charged on suspicion of spying on Greenpeace, a judicial official said Tuesday.

EDF security chiefs Pierre Francois and Pierre Durieux are charged with conspiring to hack into computer systems including at the environmental group, the official said, confirming a report on the Mediapart website.

A computer expert is also charged in the case along with Thierry Lorho, the head of private detective firm Kargus Consultant, and a third unnamed person, the official said.

Both executives deny knowingly hacking into a computer system, but the computer expert has admitted the charge, the judicial official said.
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This fragile Earth deserves a voice.
It deserves change.
It deserves action.

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Here's an alternative link to the AFP story...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hWLPPXnWDoq1ALG-lRnxT0YmN-LQ

Snippet:

EDF confirmed on Tuesday that an investigation had been opened for "fraudulent intrusion into computer systems" and that a search had been carried out on its premises.
But the energy giant said it was a victim of the detective firm Kargus, and that it had registered as a civil plaintiff in the case, a spokesman told AFP.

A source close to the investigation told AFP that Kargus had signed a contract to provide unspecified "services" for EDF.

Posted by: Andrew | April 2, 2009 5:22 PM