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Control freaks won at HP, ex-board member says

Control freaks won at HP, ex-board member saysExamples to remember chairpersons are only that... persons.Examples to remember chairpersons are only that... persons. The board can be such a lonely and ruthless place. Your fears only help you to do silly things. And then you find others who agree with you...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Perkins, pretexting, Enron Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-02-28

FTC asks court to stop pretexting

Action Research Group, one of the investigative companies hired by HP, and Eye in the Sky Investigations, which subcontracted to Action, have been singled out by the FTC, which has requested a federal court to order the companies to stop "pretexting," InfoWorld reports. In a complaint filed Wednesday...

Tags: Government technology, Courts

Blog posts 2007-02-15

President signs pretexting bill into law

President signs pretexting bill into lawWhy the law enforcement exemption?I agree with the law, but don't understand why we need to reserve the right for law enforcement to obtain our personal records by pretending to be us. Isn't this what warrants are for? And if they aren't able...

Tags: warrant, pretexting

Discussion threads 2007-01-16

From Yahoo to pretexting--what's up?

Reorganization at one of the original Internet companiesThis week there was a major shuffle at the top and in the structure of Yahoo. What does this mean? Where is this company headed? We talk with CNET News.com's Elinor Mills and Jim Kerstetter. Meanwhile, the U.S....

Tags: pretexting

Videos 2006-12-09

Pretexting bill to be fast-tracked through Senate

Pretexting bill to be fast-tracked through SenateSo in other words...It's, of course, illegal for regular citizens to break the law, but this law legalizes the same act which was previously illegal for law enforcement. Allowing law enforcement to circumvent the regular government procedure of GETTING A COURT ORDER, pushes...

Tags: U.S. Senate, pretexting

Discussion threads 2006-12-07

Pretexting bill to be fast-tracked through Senate

There are a lot of things Senate wont get to before the end of the 109th Congress, but if Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has his way, the Senate will get to pass a bill making pretexting definitively illegal, News.com reports. Pretexting of course was the scheme used by...

Tags: pretexting, U.S. Senate, Congress, Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt, Government technology

Blog posts 2006-12-07

Senate may vote on pretexting bill this week

Senate may vote on pretexting bill this weekI don't understandWhy to law enforcement agencies need to resort to pretexting to obtain telephone records? If they have a legitimate need for the information they should be able to call the phone company, indetify themselves and get the info. The thrust...

Tags: pretexting, warrant, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2006-12-07

HP privacy probe: Dunn closer to being done (for)?

News came out yesterday that former HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn was the one who gave HPs outside private investigators the phone numbers that were later used as part of a fraudulent pretexting scheme that was designed to smoke out whoever it was inside of HP that was leaking company secrets...

Tags: Patricia Dunn

Blog posts 2006-10-04

Pretexting hearing turns to wireless execs

Pretexting hearing turns to wireless execsSocial EngineeringOnce upon a time I worked for "The Phone Company." We constantly fielded calls from prisoners who could call our exchange "toll free" and ask us to enter codes which would allow them to enter long-distance exchanges. Also, people would call claiming...

Tags: Social Security, Identity theft, Operational accounting, pretexting, wireless, SSN, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2006-09-29

Cingular sues investigator over HP pretexting

Cingular sues investigator over HP pretextingCingular, raising the barThis whole HP internal leak investigation reeks. At leas Cingular can raise the bar on it's privacy -- seeing how its network isn't the best.For HP, there's a big difference between maintaining a competitive edge and shunning established HP governance policies http://www.essentialsecurity.com/news.htm?id=43Getting...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, SECURITY, irony, Cingular Wireless, Hewlett-Packard Co., Patricia Dunn, Verizon Communications Inc., pretexting

Discussion threads 2006-09-29

It's all about pretexting

Congressional hearing turns on access to private phone recordsFormer HP Chairman Patricia Dunn says she didn't know what pretexting was until last summer.

Tags: pretexting

Videos 2006-09-28

Photos: Dunn testifies at HP hearing

Congressional panel hears about the pretexting scandal from former chairman, one of few who didn't plead the Fifth.

Tags: chairman, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Image galleries 2006-09-28

HP memos shed light on past pretexting

HP memos shed light on past pretextingBad Corporate GovernanceThanks for sharing those emails. They show that Patricia Dunn and Kevin Hunsaker had no regard for HP's Governance policies :"Directors should have the highest professional and personal ethics and values, consistent with HP's longstanding values and standards..." http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/investor/govguidelines.htmlThere's a big difference...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., pretexting

Discussion threads 2006-09-28

HP hearing underway: House reps cover their asses while slamming HP

The HP hearing is underway right now. You can tune in to the hearing here, but RealPlayer is required (I didnt have it, so I got a late start). Ive turned on my recorder and will podcast what Ive captured later. But to summarize what Im hearing so far...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co.

Blog posts 2006-09-28

HP in for hard time at hearing

HP in for hard time at hearingTelling the truth isn't hard at allhttp://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34705Somebody say it, please: Pretexting is LyingI think I have heard the word "pretexting" one time too many. It sounds like a simple, innocuous thing, doesn't it? You could hear it in conversation, and if all...

Tags: pretexting, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2006-09-28

Perkins: Pretexting dates don't match

Perkins: Pretexting dates don't matchLegally Questionable=HP's word playOkay, so HP "acknowledged that its investigators used a legally questionable practice known as 'pretexting,'" Isn't that sort of like saying if a person's not eaten for a week and steals food from the store it's sort of okay because they were starving....

Tags: Food & Beverage, food, Hewlett-Packard Co., pretexting

Discussion threads 2006-09-20

HP scandal reviving pretexting legislation

HP scandal reviving pretexting legislationBravoJust a note to ZDNet (and reporters like Dawn Kawamoto, Tom Krazit, Declan McCullagh, and Anne Broache) to thank you for keeping on top of this story and to urge you to say with it. Normally I'd pick up the phone and say it personally, but,...

Tags: pretexting, Hewlett-Packard Co., pretexting legislation, Nothing

Discussion threads 2006-09-15

Congress plans hearings on HP 'pretexting'

Congress plans hearings on HP 'pretexting'Dunn pretexting no better than phishingIn a post-Enron era in the age of SOX and SEC regulations, we expect publicly traded companies like Hewlett-Packard it's not surprising that the Calif. AG and Congress want to look at the hot water Patricia Dunn got her company...

Tags: Phishing, E-mail, Hewlett-Packard Co., pretexting, plans hearing, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2006-09-14

Calif. AG sees charges in HP case within a week

Calif. AG sees charges in HP case within a weekAnd they had better charge Dunn too. She accepted the illegally obtainedprivate information and actually used it. Remember, ignorance of the law is no excuse. Playing dumb will NOT help her.Another thing here, we should have special laws to protect the...

Tags: Business ethics, Investment, Financial accounting, almighty bottom line, Corporate America, Now IT, Hewlett-Packard Co., Patricia Dunn, Enron Corp., pretexting

Discussion threads 2006-09-13

News Focus: HP's leak probe

News Focus: HP's leak probeA very good reason to never buy HP products again!Forcing the only honest, ethical person on the HP board out - for doing her job - is an insult to everyone. In protest, my company will never again purchase another HP product and we have spent...

Tags: Corporate governance, pretexting, Hewlett-Packard Co., pretext

Discussion threads 2006-09-12