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. [...] _____________________________________________________________ Register now for the #HITB2011KUL - Asia's premier deep-knowledge network security event now in it's 9th year! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2011kul/Received on Thu Sep 08 2011 - 01:34:25 PDT
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