According to Xinhua News Agency, the editor of the British Times was recently asked to assist the police in the investigation of "wiretapping", because a reporter who had worked for the newspaper was suspected of illegally stealing private email information. In 2009, The Times revealed the true identity of an anonymous blogger. According to the investigation, the reporter who exposed the incident was given a formal warning for obtaining private email information through illegal channels. The reporter later left the newspaper for other reasons.
Since News of the World, a newspaper owned by News Corporation, was first involved in the eavesdropping scandal and closed last July, many newspapers owned by News Corporation have been accused of eavesdropping and paid purchase of sensitive information.
The Times is also a subsidiary of News Corporation. It has long been regarded as the first mainstream newspaper in the UK and known as "the faithful recorder of British society".
