14 DAY TRIAL // Operation Tuleta, the operation launched by the Scotland Yard with the purpose of apprehending computer hackers, continues with the arrest of two journalists. The two men are suspected of hacking, but their illegal activities have nothing to do with journalism.
The Daily Mail reports that the suspects were taken into custody at police stations in west and south-west London and they’ve been allowed bail until June, respectively July.
Aged 50 and 51, the men are accused of committing offences under the Computer Misuse Act from 1990 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act of 2000.
According to the investigators, the offences were not carried out for media outlets and have nothing to do with the suspects’ work activities.
In the case of the News of the World hacking, names are starting to surface, authorities revealing last week the identity of one of the hackers contracted by NotW editors.