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2 unusual facts about News International phone hacking scandal


Sara Payne

On 28 July 2011 it was reported that Sara Payne's mobile phone was one of those targeted by the News of the World as part of the News International phone hacking scandal.

The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade

An entry detailing the method alleged to have used by journalists at News of the World to hack into the phones of unsuspecting victims was quoted by the MP Louise Mensch during the questioning of Rupert and James Murdoch by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in 2011.


Phone hacking

The term came to prominence during the News International phone hacking scandal, in which it was alleged (and in some cases proved in court) that the British tabloid newspaper the News of the World had been involved in the interception of voicemail messages of the British Royal Family, other public figures, and the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler.


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