Murdoch's News International stole Gordon Brown's tax paperwork and passed it along to another newspaper.
Anybody who thinks Murdoch is only in it for the money-- that Ailes is responsible for the tone at Fox News, for example-- needs to wake up. There is no profit to be made by breaking the law, acquiring information, and passing it along to a rival publication. This is pure "get'em."
Guardian excerpt and link below.
Here's the quote
Journalists from across News International repeatedly targeted the former prime minister Gordon Brown, attempting to access his voicemail and obtaining information from his bank account, his legal file as well as his family's medical records.
There is also evidence that a private investigator used a serving police officer to trawl the police national computer for information about him.
That investigator also targeted another Labour MP who was the subject of hostile inquiries by the News of the World, but it has not confirmed whether News International was specifically involved in trawling police computers for information on Brown.
Separately, Brown's tax paperwork was taken from his accountant's office apparently by hacking into the firm's computer. This was passed to another newspaper.[emphasis added]
and the link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/...