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The sheer scale of the British newspaper phone hacking scandal is sometimes hard to comprehend.
It seems that no matter what section of society you were in – whether you were royalty, a politician, or just a pop star who hasn’t had a hit in 20 years, the News of The World and other British tabloids were hacking into your voicemails.
No one was safe – reporters were allegedly even hacking high ranking officers in British police – and even people within their own company.
The enormity of the crimes committed has even led Adweek Editor-In-Chief and Murdoch expert Michael Wolff to argue that News Corp “faces its greatest peril since it almost went bankrupt in the early ’90s”.
“It’s not just that they did it,” explains Wolff, “but, more importantly, this is what they do.”
Now some victims, such as Sienna Miller, are demanding huge settlements to settle their cases for News Corp. Can Murdoch afford it? There are reports that there may be 4,000 victims, with a total settlement cost of £120 million (€133.5 million).
We’ve compiled a list of all those who are suspected to be have had either their phone or email hacked (for the full list, please click here). It seems reasonable to suspect this may be just the tip of the iceberg.