[1] According to a report in the London Evening Standard, Operation Tuleta was at that time a "scoping exercise" prior to a possible full investigation.
[2] On 29 July 2011, Channel 4 News reported a statement from the Metropolitan Police: "Some aspects of this operation will move forward to a formal investigation.
This followed a statement given to Channel 4 News by former army intelligence corporal Ian Hurst (aka Martin Ingram[3]): "Police officers working for Operation Tuleta have informed me that they have identified information of evidential value in regard to my family's computer being illegally accessed over a sustained period of 2006.
[4] On 24 November 2011, a 52-year-old man was arrested in Milton Keynes "on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences".
[10] An eighth person, reported to be the Sun chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker, was arrested by appointment, and released on bail on the 30 July 2012.