Piers Morgan
Broadcaster and journalist
Piers Morgan
Broadcaster and journalist
Piers Morgan is a British journalist, television personality, and broadcaster known for his outspoken and controversial style.
Paxman: Piers Morgan Taught Me How to Hack Voicemails
- Tuesday, 23 May 2023
At the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics in 2012, Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman recounted an unsettling incident involving former tabloid editor Piers Morgan. Paxman testified that during a lunch in September 2002, Morgan "gave a sort of demonstration" on how to hack into people's voicemail messages. According to Paxman, Morgan explained the practice by noting how easy it was to access voicemail by simply calling a number and entering a default PIN. Paxman said he remembered the moment vividly because he found it "depressing," highlighting the casual attitude toward privacy violations at the time. His account added to the growing evidence of widespread and normalized phone hacking practices within sections of the British media.
