A board member of the Metropolitan Police Authority has asked Scotland Yard to investigate the allegation that News Corp employees stalked subjects by “pinging” their cell phones:
Scotland Yard, still reeling from the alleged police role in Britain's phone hacking scandal, was asked Thursday to investigate another explosive claim: that journalists bribed officers to locate people by tracking their cell phone signals.The practice is known as "pinging" because of the way cell phone signals bounce off relay towers as they try to find reception.
Jenny Jones, a member of the board that oversees the Metropolitan Police Authority, cited claims that reporters at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid paid off corrupt police officers to trace cell phones.