The alleged hacking of a rival tech conference by Web Summit chief executive Paddy Cosgrave would be “irresistible to the media” given the tech entrepreneur’s high profile and “history of outspoken behaviour”, an internal company document warned in 2016, according to new court filings. The communications strategy suggested getting ahead of the story and downgrading “as far as possible” Cosgrave’s alleged accessing of the Dublin Tech Summit (DTS) files. The communications document, marked confidential, has been exhibited as part of former director Daire Hickey’s minority shareholder oppression lawsuit against Cosgrave and Web Summit. Among the claims made by Hickey is…

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