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Hack Attack: How the truth caught up with Rupert Murdoch
**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, THE TRUE STORY BEHIND ITV’S MAJOR NEW DRAMA, THE HACK**
The unbelievable inside story of the Phone Hacking scandal, told by the man who exposed it.
At first, it seemed like a small story. The royal correspondent of the News of the World was caught listening in on Buckingham Palace voicemails. He was quietly sent to prison and the case was closed. But Nick Davies felt sure there was a lot more going on. And he was right. Davies and a network of rebel lawyers, MPs and celebrities took on Rupert Murdoch, one of the most powerful men in the world, and in bringing him down they uncovered a world of crime and cover-up reaching from the newsroom to Scotland Yard and to Downing Street. This is the story of a network of corruption rooted deep within our society, and how it was dragged into the light.
CONTAINS NEW MATERIAL BRINGING THE STORY UP TO THE PRESENT DAY
"A colossal service to Britain's democracy" Financial Times
"As exciting as a thriller but far more important" Daily Telegraph
"A masterly summary of the hacking affair, as well as the ingenuity and persistence that lead to great journalism" Observer
The unbelievable inside story of the Phone Hacking scandal, told by the man who exposed it.
At first, it seemed like a small story. The royal correspondent of the News of the World was caught listening in on Buckingham Palace voicemails. He was quietly sent to prison and the case was closed. But Nick Davies felt sure there was a lot more going on. And he was right. Davies and a network of rebel lawyers, MPs and celebrities took on Rupert Murdoch, one of the most powerful men in the world, and in bringing him down they uncovered a world of crime and cover-up reaching from the newsroom to Scotland Yard and to Downing Street. This is the story of a network of corruption rooted deep within our society, and how it was dragged into the light.
CONTAINS NEW MATERIAL BRINGING THE STORY UP TO THE PRESENT DAY
"A colossal service to Britain's democracy" Financial Times
"As exciting as a thriller but far more important" Daily Telegraph
"A masterly summary of the hacking affair, as well as the ingenuity and persistence that lead to great journalism" Observer
512 pages, Paperback
Published December 4, 2025
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November 11, 2025
This is an essential read - and more relevant than ever when you see that many of those currently attacking the BBC were newspapers and their backers implicated in the hacking affair. We are in dangerous waters as far as the media is concerned. Nick Davies’s book highlights brilliantly what an unregulated off-the-leash media looks like. It’s a world where money and power talks and crushes the weak. We need to stand up against it. Now.
April 8, 2026
A deeply interesting and important book.
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