The 43-year-old went to a London police station by appointment at midday today and is being held on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications and corruption allegations.
Operation Weeting has been launched to investigate claims that newspaper journalists hacked into the phones of high-profile figures and even victims of crime.
Mrs Brooks resigned as chief executive of News International (NI) on Friday to avoid distracting attention from the company's efforts to "fix the problems of the past".
She was editor of the News Of The World (NOTW) when missing schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phone was hacked and messages were deleted. The teenager was later found murdered.
Mrs Brooks is the tenth person to be arrested in connection with the NOTW scandal since detectives reopened their investigation earlier this year.
The arrest puts her in a difficult position in terms of her scheduled appearance at the meeting on Tuesday. Rebekah's lawyers will be seeking guidance as to the course of action in regards to attending the meeting on Tuesday.
Mrs Brooks' spokesman
A separate investigation, titled Operation Elveden, is looking at allegations of inappropriate payments to police.
Mrs Brooks' spokesman said Mrs Brooks is "assisting police with their enquiries".
"Rebekah was informed about a pre-arranged interview with the police on Friday. She was arrested upon arrival at the police station today.
"Rebekah has been offering to help police with their enquiries since January. The police explicitly said they did not need to speak to her.
"As late as last week the police still maintained they did not need to speak to her.
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