The News International phone-hacking scandal is a controversy involving the News of the World , a British tabloid newspaper formerly published by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation owned by the evil scumbag Rupert Murdoch. Employees of the newspaper were accused of engaging in phone hacking and obtaining illicit information by bribing police officers and exercising improper influence on politicians and the police. The results of investigations conducted from 2005--2007 reached the conclusion that the practice of phone hacking was limited to celebrities, politicians and members of the British Royal Family. However, in July 2011, it was revealed that the phones of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, relatives of deceased British soldiers, and victims of the 7/7 London bombings were also accessed, resulting in widespread public outrage. Advertiser boycotts contributed to the closure of the News of the World on 10th July 2011, after 168 years of publication.
