HP Spied on Own Directors

[Ioman]

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/security/0,71730-0.html?tw=wn_index_1


Hewlett-Packard admitted in a securities filing Wednesday that it used a technique known as "pretexting" to obtain private phone records of its own company directors, but added that an internal review concluded the tactic "was not generally unlawful" at the time of the investigation. The company sought the records to determine who had leaked information to the press.

I can understand both sides. If there is a mole, kill it before it damages the company anymore.

But on the other side, privacy issues are playing a factor here. What do you guys think?

[dang]

I think she was in the complete wrong here. Sure, you can do that on company phones, company records. But to get information illegaly about someone's private phone records, etc is illegal. No matter how bad a mole is, it's still a business and not a government.

I hope she gets some legal action on her going.

[Ioman]

Totally, this sounds highly illegal, I can't understand how it would not be. Talk about identity theft too.

According to a letter from AT&T to Perkins, on January 30th of this year, someone using the e-mail address Mike@yahoo.com set up an online billing account through the internet for Perkins' home phone number, using the last four digits of Perkins' Social Security number. Once the online billing account was established, the party had access to billing records for Perkins' local calls for December 2005 through January 2006. According to the AT&T letter viewed by Wired News, the party only looked at the bill for January 2006, the month the CNET story was published.

[Ioman]

More news: Leak Probe Ripples HP Board

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3630546

Looks like HP is ready for a spanking after being caught sneaking home and cell phone records from a board member. "HP today filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an explanation of its investigation into corporate leaks and the resignation of a member of the company's board of directors. "