Woman warned after hacking into Jemima Khan's emails

A computer hacker accessed the email accounts of socialites Jemima Khan and Sheherazade Goldsmith and threatened to spill personal secrets.

Tory MP Zac Goldsmith, who was married to Sheherazade, 37, at the time and is the brother of Mrs Khan, was also an intended victim.

The actions came to light after the hacker contacted newspapers offering to sell the email exchanges. The woman hacker, identified at the High Court today as BCD, accessed the Hotmail accounts in December 2008. The family was alerted by the newspapers.

The matter could not be reported until now as the Goldsmiths, who divorced last year, and Mrs Khan, 37, obtained an injunction. Mr Justice Tugendhat today maintained restrictions preventing publication of the emails' content or disclosure of the hacker's identity. BCD accepted a formal police warning.