Phone hacking

Phone hacking is the practice of <a href="/facts/Exploring/wXUhG45B">exploring</a> a <a href="/facts/Mobile_device/cNS1Rhvg">mobile device</a>, often using <a href="/facts/Exploit_(computer_security)/EdlqsRJM">computer exploits</a> to analyze everything from the lowest <a href="/facts/Computer_memory/hQKVQ51J">memory</a> and <a href="/facts/Central_processing_unit/Jxp1bqMV">CPU</a> levels up to the highest <a href="/facts/File_system/FdPm90uc">file system</a> and <a href="/facts/Process_(computing)/Vcq7EnUV">process</a> levels. Modern <a href="/facts/Open_source/7X9rCdz4">open source</a> tooling has become fairly sophisticated to be able to "hook" into individual functions within any running <a href="/facts/Mobile_app/r7vp6meo">app</a> on an unlocked device and allow deep inspection and modification of its functions.
Phone hacking is a large branch of <a href="/facts/Computer_security/7E5dIy7G">computer security</a> that includes studying various situations exactly how attackers use <a href="/facts/Exploit_(computer_security)/EdlqsRJM">security exploits</a> to gain some level of access to a <a href="/facts/Mobile_device/cNS1Rhvg">mobile device</a> in a variety of situations and presumed access levels.
The term came to prominence during the <a href="/facts/News_International_phone_hacking_scandal/SH872TCK">News International phone hacking scandal</a>, in which it was alleged (and in some cases proved in court) that the British tabloid newspaper the <a href="/facts/News_of_the_World/tfpQXM9m">News of the World</a> had been involved in the interception of voicemail messages of the <a href="/facts/British_Royal_Family/mx49mfWs">British royal family</a>, other public figures, and murdered schoolgirl <a href="/facts/Milly_Dowler/agezLugy">Milly Dowler</a>.

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Phone hacking