Celebrities, politicians and members of the royal family. All had their phones tapped. But it wasn’t the state behind the violation; it was the British tabloid press. The reason? Money and sensationalism. To sell copies. To achieve journalistic success by violating basic journalistic ethics. The phone-hacking scandal rocked the British press 15 years ago. It led to a newspaper closure, prison sentences and legal settlements now totalling more than £1bn. And this is far from ancient history.