FBI to investigate claims of hacking 9/11 victims' phones by News Corporation

AudreyHepburn · 16-07-2011 04:59PM #1

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/14/fbi-news-corp-hacking-claims

Another of Rupert Murdock's companies is now under investigation by the FBI for phone hacking, this time into the phones of 9/11 victims.

Where will it end?

He doesn't stand a chance if the FBI can prove these charges though, not where 9/11 is concerned.

El Guapo! · 16-07-2011 04:59PM

Scum

The_Kew_Tour · 16-07-2011 05:17PM

They should be locked up and key thrown away

Yakult · 16-07-2011 05:21PM

Great to see a dirty empire fall.

AudreyHepburn · 16-07-2011 05:21PM

It just gets worse and worse doesn't it? Nobody's safe.

sunflower27 · 16-07-2011 05:23PM

How anyone can put $$$$$ signs before the feelings of grieving people sickens me beyond belief.

I suppose at this point we can now look at any major event and presume phones were hacked. Despicable.

Lollers · 16-07-2011 05:27PM

Good F*CK off Murdoch

mackg · 16-07-2011 05:35PM

I hope their use of hate and fear mongering post 9/11 comes back on Fox News now and that they disappear out of existence and stop feeding their bull**** to the American people. All of them are just branches of the same rotten tree.

Helix · 16-07-2011 06:21PM

its not murdoch who was hacking the phones lads. it all came from notw, and ive no doubt that detestable and all as murdoch is, he knew not one jot about it

Freddie59 · 16-07-2011 06:22PM

Helix wrote: »

its not murdoch who was hacking the phones lads. it all came from notw, and ive no doubt that detestable and all as murdoch is, he knew not one jot about it

TBH I'd find that a bit of a stretch.

Helix · 16-07-2011 06:24PM

Freddie59 wrote: »

TBH I'd find that a bit of a stretch.

really? you find it a stretch that a guy who owns dozens of companies, in many countries on different continents doesnt know the goings on of every single publication in his media empire?

honestly?

Overheal · 16-07-2011 06:31PM

Helix wrote: »

really? you find it a stretch that a guy who owns dozens of companies, in many countries on different continents doesnt know the goings on of every single publication in his media empire?

honestly?

Who says he needs to know it all, and not just the important facets?

It's plausible he did know. As I'm sure it's plausible he didn't know. Plausible Deniability. Lovely thing.

Emiko · 16-07-2011 06:31PM

mackg wrote: »

I hope their use of hate and fear mongering post 9/11 comes back on Fox News now and that they disappear out of existence and stop feeding their bull**** to the American people. All of them are just branches of the same rotten tree.

Until they bring back the Fairness Doctrine, there will always be scope for the existence of the likes of Fox News.

Helix · 16-07-2011 06:32PM

Overheal wrote: »

Who says he needs to know it all, and not just the important facets?

It's plausible he did know. As I'm sure it's plausible he didn't know. Plausible Deniability. Lovely thing.

theres no way he knew. there are plenty of things that bosses simply dont want to be told. im sure he knew well the kind of rag the paper was, and that there'd be shady goings on, but at his level of business that's not stuff he wants to know

anyone who thinks he knew, consented or even cared is codding themselves here

craggles · 16-07-2011 06:36PM

Stop being ridiculous, it's his company of course the buck ****ing stops with him.

mackg · 16-07-2011 06:36PM

Considering that now its two different companies he owns it's quite the coincidence.

Helix · 16-07-2011 06:37PM

craggles wrote: »

Stop being ridiculous, it's his company of course the buck ****ing stops with him.

do you think he was in the notw office or something day in day out?

he owns the company, he doesnt run it

yeah the responsibility for it lies with him since its his, but that doesnt mean he knew what was going on. stop being so daily fecking mail

Helix · 16-07-2011 06:38PM

mackg wrote: »

Considering that now its two different companies he owns it's quite the coincidence.

i can guarantee you it happend with a lot more of them, plus plenty of non murdoch owned papers. they were all at it

craggles · 16-07-2011 06:38PM

Helix wrote: »

really? you find it a stretch that a guy who owns dozens of companies, in many countries on different continents doesnt know the goings on of every single publication in his media empire?

honestly?

So how much are News Corporation paying you?

craggles · 16-07-2011 06:40PM

Helix wrote: »

do you think he was in the notw office or something day in day out?

he owns the company, he doesnt run it

yeah the responsibility for it lies with him since its his, but that doesnt mean he knew what was going on. stop being so daily fecking mail

if I was "daily fecking mail" I'd probably support phone hacking!

Helix · 16-07-2011 06:44PM

craggles wrote: »

if I was "daily fecking mail" I'd probably support phone hacking!

no no, daily mail love to play the reactionary card without stopping to think things through

rupert murdoch has better things to be doing with his time (in his opinion) than calling every one of his papers on a daily basis to find out exactly what each and every one of them are up to

that's not what owners of empires do. they build things up, and let other people run them for them

its like expecting barack obama knows whats going on in a council office in the sticks in alabama

Chuck Stone · 16-07-2011 06:48PM

Helix wrote: »

its not murdoch who was hacking the phones lads. it all came from notw, and ive no doubt that detestable and all as murdoch is, he knew not one jot about it

Helix wrote: »

anyone who thinks he knew, consented or even cared is codding themselves here

Who cares?

He's the head of the snake.

Helix · 16-07-2011 06:52PM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

He's the head of the snake.

if you go after him the people responsible will never be brought to account, meaning theyll be able to do it again

orourkeda · 16-07-2011 06:52PM

This will represent as a big a sh1tstorm as news corporation are likely to face. Its highly they will get through this without some form of negative impact

Killer Pigeon · 16-07-2011 07:21PM

I'm dying to know what the likes of Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly on Foxnews are going to say to this one ... such hypocrites.

Augmerson · 16-07-2011 07:23PM

Ahahahahaha Murdoch is ****ed hahahahahaha!

im invisible · 16-07-2011 07:28PM

Yakult wrote: »

Great to see a dirty empire fall.

i thought it was the world trade center?

mackg · 16-07-2011 08:19PM

Helix wrote: »

i can guarantee you it happend with a lot more of them, plus plenty of non murdoch owned papers. they were all at it

Hope they all come down for it, and it's not like I am saying hang Murdoch and leave it at that. Everyone implicated in the scandal from the PIs that did the illegal hacking need to be held responsible for what they did.

amacachi · 16-07-2011 08:23PM

Even if it's found to have happened I wouldn't expect much to come of it, would be hilarious to see how it's handled though.

AudreyHepburn · 16-07-2011 09:18PM

Helix wrote: »

its not murdoch who was hacking the phones lads. it all came from notw, and ive no doubt that detestable and all as murdoch is, he knew not one jot about it

My backside he didn't! He owns the paper for god's sake, he has to have known.

double GG · 16-07-2011 09:32PM

Do people even understand the term phone hacking? It has absolutely got nothing to do with hacking anyones phone!

It's 'hacking' someones voicemail which has nothing to do with the handpiece. The Voicemail on your phone is run by each individual Network Company (02 Meteor etc.)

Also lets take it into context yes, these people shouldn't be doing it and it's plain wrong but some people are stupid enough to leave their passcodes for their voicemail to the default code of 1111 or 1234 etc..... It's basically asking to be 'hacked'.

Don't get me wrong I am not condoning these people's actions as it is downright wrong but would you leave your ATM pin at a default no. if this was the case, that banks gave all ATM cards a default pin? What about passwords for everything else? Everyone seems to have their own passwords for them so why the hell shouldn't it be different for your own personal voicemail.

Whilst here now I could easily go through my phone book on my phone and 'hack' a good few of their voicemails simply because they haven't changed the passcode and it's an original default one.

Again I'd like to reiterate my stance that I don't condone these actions, but this is such an easy way of getting into people's voicemail, it's actually laughable how easy everyone here, with a phone could do it to a lot of people.

For God sake people you wouldn't show everyone your ATM pin or your email passwords so bloody change your Voicemail password PLEASE!!!!

FBI to investigate claims of hacking 9/11 victims' phones by News Corporation

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