News of the World used criminals to steal private information

Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown accused Rupert Murdoch's News International media group of using criminals to illegally obtain private information about him.

He said the Sunday Times newspaper had obtained access to his building society account and other personal files, There was evidence collated by the Guardian newspaper that News International were using known criminals to steal private information. Brown said in a BBC television interview:

My tax returns went missing at one point, medical records have been broken into. I don't know how all this happened but I do know ... that in two of these instances there is absolute proof that News International was involved in hiring people to get this information.

And I do know also that the people that they work with are criminals, criminals with records, criminals who sometimes have records of violence as well as records of fraud.

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