phone hacking

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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phone hacker, noun

When Rupert Murdoch flew into London as the phone-hacking allegations exploded in 2011, he was asked for his top priority.
Rupert Murdoch’s Trouble Has Only Just Begun|Nico Hines, Peter Jukes|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Since the phone-hacking scandal that shuttered the News of the World broke, there have been more than 100 related arrests.
Murdoch Journalists Thrown Under the Bus in Phone-Hacking Scandal|Peter Jukes|February 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Coulson faces perjury charges relating to a phone-hacking trial in Scotland.
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson Face Bribery Charges|Peter Jukes|November 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Watson was one of the leading members of the select committee that began looking at the phone-hacking allegations in 2009.
Former Murdoch Lawyer Arrested in Phone-Hacking Scandal|Peter Jukes|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Back in 2009, Crone told Parliament that the phone-hacking allegations concerned only one rogue reporter and a private detective.
Former Murdoch Lawyer Arrested in Phone-Hacking Scandal|Peter Jukes|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST