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UK police arrest man in hacking of Pippa Middleton's phone

FILE- In this Friday, June 19, 2015 file photo, Pippa Middleton, left, the sister of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, watches the quarterfinal tennis match between Canada's Milos Raonic and France's Gilles Simon on the fifth day of the Queen's Championships in London. London police said Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, they are investigating the reported hacking of the iCloud account of Pippa Middleton, younger sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)
Original Publication Date September 24, 2016 - 9:35 AM

London police say they have arrested a 35-year-old man suspected of hacking the iCloud account of Pippa Middleton, the younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, and stealing 3,000 photographs.

The Sun newspaper said Saturday it was contacted by a purported hacker seeking to sell the images for a minimum of 50,000 pounds ($65,000). It said the seller communicated using the pseudonym "Crafty Cockney" on an encrypted messaging service and sent sample photos showing Middleton being fitted for a wedding dress in advance of her planned 2017 nuptials.

The Sun said the hacker also claimed to possess Middleton's informal photos of sister Kate with her children, Princess Charlotte and Prince George, and naked images of her fiancé, James Matthews.

The Metropolitan Police says the man is being questioned in London.

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