PHONE HACKING Definition & Meaning

phone hacking

noun

an act or instance of gaining access to a phone's voicemail, email, text messages, etc., without authorization from the phone's owner.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

phone hacker noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of phone hacking¹

First recorded in 1980–85

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Later this year, his ITV drama The Hack, about the phone hacking scandal, by Adolescence writer Jack Thorne, will air in the UK.

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Nodding to the UK, he continues: "We had the Leveson Inquiry, we're about to get an ITV drama about phone hacking, it's as if the curtain has been lifted."

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That statement also means there's no current probe into the separate Mirror Group titles, despite a judge ruling in 2023 that they had used phone hacking to get information on Prince Harry.

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The 2012 inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press was launched in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.

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The force said on Friday there were no active investigations into allegations of phone hacking or related matters.

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