Hacking Arrest Widens the Pool

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903285704576556072879332538.html

By CASSELL BRYAN-LOW, STEVE STECKLOW and JEANNE WHALEN
The Wall Street Journal
September 8, 2011

LONDON -- U.K. police arrested a man currently employed by News Corp.'s 
Times of London newspaper, whose voice allegedly can be heard on a 
tape—which was seized by police when he worked at another British 
newspaper—in which he receives instructions on how to hack a mobile 
phone.

The Metropolitan Police said they arrested a 35-year-old man early 
Wednesday at his home on suspicion of illegally intercepting voice 
mails. He wasn't named and was released on bail without charge after 
questioning at a North London police station.

A person familiar with the matter identified the man as Raoul Simons, 
who joined the Times in August 2009. He had been deputy soccer editor 
but has been on extended leave since late 2010, the person said.

While the development marks the first arrest of a News Corp. staffer who 
didn't work at the company's recently closed News of the World tabloid 
newspaper, the arrest is likely not connected to his employment at the 
Times of London. Rather, it likely stems from Mr. Simons's alleged 
connection to a hacking-related tape recording that surfaced while he 
worked for the Evening Standard.

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