phone hacking
Unauthorized cellular access
Phone hacking is unauthorized access to someone's mobile phone or voicemail, typically to intercept messages, calls, or data.
The term gained notoriety through the British tabloid scandal of the 2000s, where journalists hacked into celebrities' and crime victims' voicemails: The phone hacking scandal brought down the News of the World.
More broadly, it covers any exploitation of phone security vulnerabilities.
Hidden listening device
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
- interceptionSeizing something in transit
- spywareHidden surveillance program
- PegasusDivine airborne horse
snooping · metadata · NSA · state surveillance · targeted surveillance · stingray · bugging · intelligence gathering
Harmful computer programs
- spywareHidden surveillance program
- phishingFraudulent credential harvesting
- keyloggerSoftware recording typed input
- exploitNotable act or abuse
vulnerability · backdoor · rootkit · intrusion · breach · identity theft · cyberattack · unauthorized access
Recorded caller messages
- PINAuthentication number sequence
- passwordAuthentication string
- personal dataIndividual identifying details
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
consent · data protection · encryption · secure messaging · two-factor authentication · privacy settings · biometrics · anonymity
Sensationalist newspaper format
- public outrageCollective societal anger
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- trialJudicial examination of claims
conviction · resignation · closure · apology · victim · testimony · royal household · media ethics
Formal examination of facts
- exposeMake known publicly
- public interestSocietal welfare and benefit
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
reporter · editor · scoop · leak · whistleblower · confidential source · undercover · fact-checking
wiretap
Hidden listening device
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
- interceptionSeizing something in transit
- spywareHidden surveillance program
Pegasus · snooping · metadata · NSA · state surveillance · targeted surveillance · stingray · bugging · intelligence gathering
malware
Harmful computer programs
- spywareHidden surveillance program
- phishingFraudulent credential harvesting
- keyloggerSoftware recording typed input
exploit · vulnerability · backdoor · rootkit · intrusion · breach · identity theft · cyberattack · unauthorized access · SIM swapping
voicemail
Recorded caller messages
- PINAuthentication number sequence
- passwordAuthentication string
- personal dataIndividual identifying details
confidentiality · consent · data protection · encryption · secure messaging · two-factor authentication · privacy settings · biometrics · anonymity · digital footprint
tabloid
Sensationalist newspaper format
- public outrageCollective societal anger
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- compensationPayment for services rendered
trial · conviction · resignation · closure · apology · victim · testimony · royal household · media ethics · Murdoch
investigation
Formal examination of facts
- exposeMake known publicly
- public interestSocietal welfare and benefit
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
newsroom · reporter · editor · scoop · leak · whistleblower · confidential source · undercover · fact-checking · investigative reporting
- British MediaBBC, Fleet Street, tabloids, broadsheets, The Guardian
- Fleet StreetFleet Street, Daily Mail, The Times, The Guardian, Sunday Times
- privacy violationsinvasion of privacy, data breach, privacy invasion, privacy breach, eavesdropping
- tabloid mediasensationalism, tabloids, yellow journalism, tabloidization, gossip columns
- UK Scandalsexpenses scandal, Partygate, sleaze, duck house, Prince Andrew
- media lawlibel, media regulation, press laws, slander, defamation
phone hackingdata protection
Securing sensitive information
encryption · privacy protection · cybersecurity · secure communications · end-to-end encryption
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