This is a partial, alphabetical list of actual victims whose confidential information was reportedly targeted or actually acquired, in conjunction with the
news media phone hacking scandal.[1][2] Dates in parentheses, when included, indicate the approximate time frame during which information was acquired. The reference citations, in many cases, indicate who accessed the individual's information.
The precise number of victims is unknown, but a Commons
Home Affairs Select Committee report noted in July 2011 that "as many as 12,800 people may have been victims or affected by phone hacking."[3][4]
In 2006, the
Metropolitan Police Service (Scotland Yard) seized records from another private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, and found a target list with over 4,000 names on it.[7][8] Release of "the totality of the Mulcaire information" has not yet been achieved, but has been requested through the courts.[9][10] Accordingly, "the seized material included 4,332 names or partial names; 2,987 mobile phone numbers; 30 audiotapes of varying length; and 91 pin codes of a kind needed to access voicemail with the minority of targets who change the factory settings on their mobile phones."[11]
In contrast,
John Yates told the House of Commons
Culture, Media and Sport Committee in September 2009 that the police had only found evidence indicating that "it is very few, it is a handful" of persons that had been subject to message interception.[12][13]
In January 2011, claims made in the suit filed by
Kelly Hoppen suggest illegally accessing voicemail occurred as recently as March 2010.[14][15] Jade Goody believed she and her mother were being hacked as recently as August 2008.[16]
As of June 2011, according to The Guardian, "Scotland Yard is believed to have collected hundreds of thousands of documents during a series of investigations into private investigator
Jonathan Rees.
Rick Davies, reporter for The Guardian, believes these "boxloads" of paperwork "could include explosive new evidence of illegal news-gathering by the News of the World and other papers." According to his sources, confidential information sold to newspapers may have been obtained through
blagging, burglaries, bribery, and blackmail, sometimes involving corrupt customs officers, VAT inspectors, bank employees and police officers.[1]
In July 2011, it was estimated that only 170 people had so far been informed out of the up to 12,800 people that may have been affected by the illegal acquisition of confidential information .[4][17] In October 2011, it was estimated that only 5%, or about 200, of people whose confidential information had been acquired by
Glenn Mulcaire had been notified.[18][19]
At
News Corporation's annual meeting on 21 October 2011, a shareholder asked how the board was conducting its inquiry into the "thousands" of people whose phones were hacked by News of the World journalists. Chairman
Rupert Murdoch responded, "It’s not thousands. I’ve not heard that figure before."[20]
On 3 November 2011, Metropolitan Police, referring to the complete list of full names whose phones were possibly hacked by
Glenn Mulcaire for News of the World, said "the current number of identifiable persons who appear in the material, and are thus victims, where names are noted, is 5,795. This figure is very likely to be revised in the future as a result of further analysis."[21] As of 23 July 2012, the Met had identified 4,775 potential victims of phone hacking, of which 2,615 have been notified and 702 people are likely to have been victims.[22]
As of 31 August 2012, the Met had identified 4,744 victims of phone hacking by News of the World whose names and phone numbers had been found in evidence. Of the victims, 658 had been contacted, but 388 were not contactable and police chose not to contact another 23 "for operational reasons". Of the victims, 1,894 had been contacted but 1,781 were not contactable.[23]
Family of Soham Children; two 10-year-old Soham girls, Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells, who were abducted and murdered by Ian Huntley on 4 August 2002.[52]
Ferraina,Elisa; died in the attack on New York's World Trade Center on 11 September 2001.[28]
Field, Mary Ellen; former business manager to Elle Macpherson. Dismissed by Macpherson, who thought Field was providing confidential information to the press and publicly criticized her. Field was reportedly making $250,000 annually before being dismissed and was unable to reestablish her earnings. Glenn Mulcaire later admitted hacking Macpherson's phone.[60][61][62]
Hislop, Ian; journalist, editor of Private Eye magazine whose phone records were reportedly purchased from hackers by newspaper photographer Jason Fraser.[28]
Hoppen, Kelly; (between June 2009 and March 2010) interior designer and Sienna Miller's stepmother[2][14]
Horton, Richard; (May 2009) police constable and the anonymous author of the "Nightjack" blog that described a constable's life. He was publicly identified by The Times, reportedly as a result of computer hacking, leading to termination of the blog and to his receiving a reprimand by his police superiors.[68]
Huthart, Eunice; winning contestant on "Gladiators", stunt double for Angelina Jolie[29]
Hurst, Ian; (2006) British intelligence officer, handler for agent "Stakeknife"; personal computer allegedly hacked with Trojan programme which copied emails and relayed them to the hacker, putting at risk two agents who informed on the Provisional IRA and who may have been high-risk targets for assassination. Hurst was one of the few people who knew where they were.[70][71][72][73][74]
Imbert, Lord; former commissioner of the Metropolitan police and a former special branch detective who investigated terrorist groups, making him a potential terrorist target. His home address and ex-directory phone number were acquired by deception from British Telecom.[28]
Jefferies, Christopher; the former landlord of
Joanna Yates at one time suspected in her murder and who successfully sued eight newspapers for defamation in connection with articles relating to his arrest[75]
Johansson, Scarlett; actress, singer; pictures of herself taken by herself may have removed from her mobile phone without her consent and posted online. The FBI is investigating.[76]
Lewis, Mark; solicitor representing as many as 70 alleged victims of phone hacking. He may also have been "put under surveillance by a private investigator acting for the News of the World"[27]
Lowther-Pinkerton, Jamie; (1 November 2005 to 9 August 2006) private secretary to Princes William and Harry[2]
Lumley, Joanna; Actress, author. "In one 18-month period,
News International paid a total of £1,726...apparently for printouts of phone numbers she had been dialing."[28]
McConnell, Jack and his two adult children Scottish politician, former Labor politician, peer in
House of Lords; now Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, First Minister of Scotland from 2001 to 2007.[49][82]
McGuire, Fiona; acquaintance of Tommy Sheridan[49]
McFadden, Brian; formerly of boyband Westlife and former husband of Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona.[36]
McGuire, Mick; former deputy chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association[84]
McLean-Daily, Niomi Arleen aka
Ms Dynamite; A newspaper "commissioned three illegal searches of the Police National Computer at £500 a time, looking for any sign of a criminal record for Ms Dynamite, her boyfriend or her manager."[28]
Winskell, Robin; sports lawyer who has acted for footballers in disciplinary trials, Fifa arbitrations, and libel cases.[36]
Witness to the murder of
Jill Dando; illegal privacy violation had the potential for interfering with a live police inquiry[31]
Woodhead, Chris; then head of the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)[28]
Wynn-Jones, Michael; writer, publisher, former editor of Sainsbury's magazine, joint majority shareholder of Norwich City FC with his wife, Delia Smith[29]
Yates, John; (1990s-) Assistant Commissioner in the London Metropolitan Police Service[1][2]
This is a partial, alphabetical list of actual victims whose confidential information was reportedly targeted or actually acquired, in conjunction with the
news media phone hacking scandal.[1][2] Dates in parentheses, when included, indicate the approximate time frame during which information was acquired. The reference citations, in many cases, indicate who accessed the individual's information.
The precise number of victims is unknown, but a Commons
Home Affairs Select Committee report noted in July 2011 that "as many as 12,800 people may have been victims or affected by phone hacking."[3][4]
In 2006, the
Metropolitan Police Service (Scotland Yard) seized records from another private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, and found a target list with over 4,000 names on it.[7][8] Release of "the totality of the Mulcaire information" has not yet been achieved, but has been requested through the courts.[9][10] Accordingly, "the seized material included 4,332 names or partial names; 2,987 mobile phone numbers; 30 audiotapes of varying length; and 91 pin codes of a kind needed to access voicemail with the minority of targets who change the factory settings on their mobile phones."[11]
In contrast,
John Yates told the House of Commons
Culture, Media and Sport Committee in September 2009 that the police had only found evidence indicating that "it is very few, it is a handful" of persons that had been subject to message interception.[12][13]
In January 2011, claims made in the suit filed by
Kelly Hoppen suggest illegally accessing voicemail occurred as recently as March 2010.[14][15] Jade Goody believed she and her mother were being hacked as recently as August 2008.[16]
As of June 2011, according to The Guardian, "Scotland Yard is believed to have collected hundreds of thousands of documents during a series of investigations into private investigator
Jonathan Rees.
Rick Davies, reporter for The Guardian, believes these "boxloads" of paperwork "could include explosive new evidence of illegal news-gathering by the News of the World and other papers." According to his sources, confidential information sold to newspapers may have been obtained through
blagging, burglaries, bribery, and blackmail, sometimes involving corrupt customs officers, VAT inspectors, bank employees and police officers.[1]
In July 2011, it was estimated that only 170 people had so far been informed out of the up to 12,800 people that may have been affected by the illegal acquisition of confidential information .[4][17] In October 2011, it was estimated that only 5%, or about 200, of people whose confidential information had been acquired by
Glenn Mulcaire had been notified.[18][19]
At
News Corporation's annual meeting on 21 October 2011, a shareholder asked how the board was conducting its inquiry into the "thousands" of people whose phones were hacked by News of the World journalists. Chairman
Rupert Murdoch responded, "It’s not thousands. I’ve not heard that figure before."[20]
On 3 November 2011, Metropolitan Police, referring to the complete list of full names whose phones were possibly hacked by
Glenn Mulcaire for News of the World, said "the current number of identifiable persons who appear in the material, and are thus victims, where names are noted, is 5,795. This figure is very likely to be revised in the future as a result of further analysis."[21] As of 23 July 2012, the Met had identified 4,775 potential victims of phone hacking, of which 2,615 have been notified and 702 people are likely to have been victims.[22]
As of 31 August 2012, the Met had identified 4,744 victims of phone hacking by News of the World whose names and phone numbers had been found in evidence. Of the victims, 658 had been contacted, but 388 were not contactable and police chose not to contact another 23 "for operational reasons". Of the victims, 1,894 had been contacted but 1,781 were not contactable.[23]
Family of Soham Children; two 10-year-old Soham girls, Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells, who were abducted and murdered by Ian Huntley on 4 August 2002.[52]
Ferraina,Elisa; died in the attack on New York's World Trade Center on 11 September 2001.[28]
Field, Mary Ellen; former business manager to Elle Macpherson. Dismissed by Macpherson, who thought Field was providing confidential information to the press and publicly criticized her. Field was reportedly making $250,000 annually before being dismissed and was unable to reestablish her earnings. Glenn Mulcaire later admitted hacking Macpherson's phone.[60][61][62]
Hislop, Ian; journalist, editor of Private Eye magazine whose phone records were reportedly purchased from hackers by newspaper photographer Jason Fraser.[28]
Hoppen, Kelly; (between June 2009 and March 2010) interior designer and Sienna Miller's stepmother[2][14]
Horton, Richard; (May 2009) police constable and the anonymous author of the "Nightjack" blog that described a constable's life. He was publicly identified by The Times, reportedly as a result of computer hacking, leading to termination of the blog and to his receiving a reprimand by his police superiors.[68]
Huthart, Eunice; winning contestant on "Gladiators", stunt double for Angelina Jolie[29]
Hurst, Ian; (2006) British intelligence officer, handler for agent "Stakeknife"; personal computer allegedly hacked with Trojan programme which copied emails and relayed them to the hacker, putting at risk two agents who informed on the Provisional IRA and who may have been high-risk targets for assassination. Hurst was one of the few people who knew where they were.[70][71][72][73][74]
Imbert, Lord; former commissioner of the Metropolitan police and a former special branch detective who investigated terrorist groups, making him a potential terrorist target. His home address and ex-directory phone number were acquired by deception from British Telecom.[28]
Jefferies, Christopher; the former landlord of
Joanna Yates at one time suspected in her murder and who successfully sued eight newspapers for defamation in connection with articles relating to his arrest[75]
Johansson, Scarlett; actress, singer; pictures of herself taken by herself may have removed from her mobile phone without her consent and posted online. The FBI is investigating.[76]
Lewis, Mark; solicitor representing as many as 70 alleged victims of phone hacking. He may also have been "put under surveillance by a private investigator acting for the News of the World"[27]
Lowther-Pinkerton, Jamie; (1 November 2005 to 9 August 2006) private secretary to Princes William and Harry[2]
Lumley, Joanna; Actress, author. "In one 18-month period,
News International paid a total of £1,726...apparently for printouts of phone numbers she had been dialing."[28]
McConnell, Jack and his two adult children Scottish politician, former Labor politician, peer in
House of Lords; now Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, First Minister of Scotland from 2001 to 2007.[49][82]
McGuire, Fiona; acquaintance of Tommy Sheridan[49]
McFadden, Brian; formerly of boyband Westlife and former husband of Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona.[36]
McGuire, Mick; former deputy chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association[84]
McLean-Daily, Niomi Arleen aka
Ms Dynamite; A newspaper "commissioned three illegal searches of the Police National Computer at £500 a time, looking for any sign of a criminal record for Ms Dynamite, her boyfriend or her manager."[28]
Winskell, Robin; sports lawyer who has acted for footballers in disciplinary trials, Fifa arbitrations, and libel cases.[36]
Witness to the murder of
Jill Dando; illegal privacy violation had the potential for interfering with a live police inquiry[31]
Woodhead, Chris; then head of the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)[28]
Wynn-Jones, Michael; writer, publisher, former editor of Sainsbury's magazine, joint majority shareholder of Norwich City FC with his wife, Delia Smith[29]
Yates, John; (1990s-) Assistant Commissioner in the London Metropolitan Police Service[1][2]