The scandal of Rupert Murdoch, the world’s most powerful media mogul, is essentially a story of e-discovery, the seamy dark side of e-discovery that operates underground and in violation of the law – the world of hackers. Segments of Murdoch’s media empire have been caught in the practice of illegal discovery of voice mail messages, a practice misnamed phone hacking.
Murdoch’s over 4,000 victims include the British Royal family, British and world political leaders, celebrities, families of NY 9/11 victims (which the FBI is investigating), parents of a kidnapped child, and pretty much anyone else in the world that Murdoch’s British scandal rags wanted to investigate and exploit. You know the story, just don’t look for it on Fox or the Wall Street Journal or hundreds of other media companies that Murdoch owns. Don’t ask Scotland Yard either; they appear to have buckled under to Murdoch’s immense political influence in Great Britain. This is an important story, for although the power of big media has been diminished by the Internet, decentralization, and individual empowerment, there is still much truth in Learned Hand’s statement:
The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.
This blog will go into the Murdoch story from the perspective of electronic discovery and explore the legal, technical, and ethical implications of voice mail hacking. I will explain what it is, and some of the most common ways it’s done. All of the bad guy hackers already know how to do it, so you should too. In that way you can protect yourself and your clients. We are not talking about complex Lulzsec type hacks here. You will be astonished to see how easy it is.
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Source: Summify
By: Ralph Losey
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