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The Spectrum that hacked a prince

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22 August 2026

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In 1984 a journalist dialled a ZX Spectrum into Prince Philip's private mailbox, read his mail, deleted it to cover his tracks — and told Prestel exactly what he'd done. The court case that followed is the reason Britain has a computer hacking law at all.