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This same absence of moral purpose was wounding companies such as News International, she thought, making it more likely that it would lose its way as it had with widespread illegal telephone hacking.

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it would lose its way as it had with widespread illegal telephone hacking.

as it had with widespread illegal telephone hacking

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它（该公司）会迷失方向，就像过去由于常见的非法电话黑客攻击而迷失方向那样。