Two Suspects Arrested in Connection With the Theft of Michael Jackson’s Music

Yesterday, you read about the theft of Sony’s music archive here. Reuters reports that two people have been arrested in connection with this crime.

James Marquez and James McCormick were arrested by British police last May, and a criminal charge was issued against them in September. The Serious Crime Unit says the two were released on increased bail, and a court will be held to hear the charges. Of course, the two have not admitted their guilt.

Sources say that Sony’s experts found their trail in the UK through the evidence left by the hackers, and that’s how the two suspects were arrested.

Sony Music said in a statement:

"We confirm the existence of a security gap and an intrusion into Sony’s information archive. We acted immediately after learning about this and reported it to the security organization. As a result of this action, two suspects were arrested for committing the crime."

Sony says it had informed the Michael Jackson Foundation about this attack, but the public never learned about it because consumer information from part of the archive that was attacked was not included.

The lobbying group for the US recording industry has not commented on the matter. Also, sources have been unable to confirm the theft of digital files that British news agencies had previously reported. WENN reported that more than 5,000 music files, including unreleased Michael Jackson songs, were stolen during the April attack last year.

Source: eMJey.com / Reuters