what is the hack about

The Hack is a true-crime British TV drama series that tells the story of the News of the World phone hacking scandal and the related unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan. The series follows investigative journalist Nick Davies, who uncovered evidence of widespread phone hacking by the now-defunct tabloid News of the World, as well as police detective David Cook, who led the investigation into Morgan's murder. The phone hacking involved illegally accessing voicemails of public figures, celebrities, and victims to procure stories, which was exposed between 2002 and 2012, leading to a major scandal and the closure of the newspaper. The show weaves these two intertwined real-life stories for a dramatic representation of this decades- long saga.