Cybersecurity
News Corp. to Pay $4.8 Million to End Dowler Hacking Case
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News Corp.’s U.K. unit agreed to pay 3 million pounds ($4.8 million) to settle claims that its News of the World tabloid hacked the mobile-phone messages of a murdered schoolgirl in 2002, hampering a police investigation.
The deal -- the biggest payout by News Corp. since the hacking scandal erupted -- includes a 2 million-pound payment to the family of Milly Dowler and a 1 million-pound donation to charity, London-based News International said today. News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, 80, was personally involved in the negotiations, a person familiar with the matter said last month.