The AP is reporting that according to a source the FBI has launched an investigation into Rupert Murdoch's News Corp over 9/11 hacking allegations. 
 
 This follows calls from various U.S. lawmakers -- including Senators Rockefeller, Boxer and Rep. Peter King -- and 9/11 families groups for an inquiry to find out whether News of the World reporters hacked in the voicemails of 9/11 victims. 
 
 The initial allegations, which remain unsubstantiated, were first reported by non Murdoch-owned Daily Mirror. The story quotes and un-named NYC police officer who says he was contacted by NOTW reporters offering to pay him to gain access to 9/11 victims voicemails. 

 The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims, a law enforcement official said Thursday. 
 
 The official spoke Thursday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. 
 
 New York City-based News Corp. has been in crisis mode. 
 
 A rival newspaper reported last week that the company's News of the World had hacked into the phone of U.K. teenage murder victim Milly Dowler in 2002 and may have impeded a police investigation into the 13-year-old's disappearance. 
 
 More possible victims soon emerged: other child murder victims, 2005 London bombing victims, the families of dead soldiers and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. 
 
 The FBI's New York office didn't immediately comment Thursday. There was no immediate response to messages left for News Corp. and the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan. 
 
 On Thursday, Murdoch caved in to pressure from Britain's Parliament as he and his son James first refused, then agreed, to appear next week before lawmakers investigating phone hacking and bribery by employees of their newspaper empire. 
 
 Murdoch began his media career in Australia in 1952 after inheriting The News newspaper after the death of his father, and he has built News Corp. into one of the world's biggest media groups. Assets include Fox News, the 20th Century Fox movie studio, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and three newspapers in Britain _ down from four with the death of the News of the World.
– The FBI is looking into allegations that would bring Rupert Murdoch's phone hacking scandal in the UK much closer to home: Whether reporters for the now-shuttered News of the World tabloid tried to hack into the voicemails of 9/11 victims and their families. The AP quotes an anonymous source confirming the inquiry, which follows demands from lawmakers such as Rep. Peter King for just such an investigation, notes Business Insider. Reports surfaced earlier this week that News Corp employees tried to pay a New York City cop for access to phone records of British victims in the attacks. It's not clear whether the FBI investigation focuses on that or is broader in scope. The FBI's New York office didn't immediately comment today.