Who was hacked? An investigation into phone hacking and its victims Part I: News of the World March 2015 Martin Moore Cover photo courtesy of tommyslawyer.co.uk Report first published March 2015 Written by Martin Moore Additional research by Felix Tomlinson For comments and corrections please contact the author at
[email protected] This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- ShareAlike 4.0 International License. CONTENTS Summary 3 Introduction 4 1. Methodology 6 6 7 Phone hacking - available evidence 8 Phone hacking victims –limitations of the evidence The Mulcaire Papers Mulcaire – one of many engaged in hacking phones 11 2. NumberPhone ofhacking Victims – one of many methods 1613 Total number 16 3. Types of Victim 21 Identifying the victims 18 Identifying types of hacking victims 21 Non-Public Figures 26 Partners & ex-partners Families Friends Professional connections Victims of crime/tragedy Police Journalists Agents Lawyers Random targets Public Figures 34 Entertainment & Music Sports Politics Unions Home Office & Metropolitan Police Royalty and Royal Household Conclusion Witness Protection Programme 43 Appendix 45 Who Was Hacked? An investigation into phone hacking and its victims (Part 1) 2 SUMMARY News of the World Police estimate that 5,500 people were ‘likely’ or ‘potential’ victims of phone hacking. This figure may rise as new evidence comes to light. Due to the incomplete,News of the inconclusive World and sometimes incoherent nature of the evidence, we will never know exactly how many people were hacked by the . Phone hacking was one of a range of methods of gathering personal information, and was often one of the less directly intrusive.