Fired WSJ Reporter Jay Solomon Alleges Law Firm Hired Hackers
Photo: Scott Olson (Getty Images)A former reporter for The Wall Street Journal claims that a law firm hired cyber mercenaries to hack into his emails and circulate embarrassing material that ultimately led to his firing from the paper. Jay Solomon, formerly the Journal’s chief foreign affairs correspondent, was unceremoniously sacked from the paper in the summer of 2017 after a tranche of emails leaked that purportedto show impropriety between him and one of his sources. The source—a wealthy defense contractor and…