HP snooped on journalists

[Newsjock]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/08/HP.TMP

A private investigator for Hewlett-Packard Co. snooped on the phone records of nine journalists including some working for Cnet Networks in San Francisco and the Wall Street Journal, adding a bizarre twist to a board room drama that has transfixed Silicon Valley and prompted inquires by the state attorney general and federal regulators.

The hacking, disclosed on Thursday by Hewlett-Packard, follows recent revelations about similar spying by the company's investigators on board members as part of an effort to unmask who on the board leaked inside information to the media.

... The practice, which basically is defined as posing as someone else to obtain information, is relatively common among Internet fraudsters, who often buy or steal social security numbers to open accounts for the purpose of thievery. In this case, investigators hired by HP allegedly used the similar methods of obtaining social security numbers, or sometimes even partial social security numbers, to open accounts and obtain personal information. It is not clear how the numbers were obtained, however.

[Psephos]

1. They don't even call it Hewlett-Packard anymore, just HP

Nothing about this company, not even the name, stands for what Hewlett-Packard used to be.

One of America's truly great companies has been replaced by a soul-less, me-too maker of commodity consumer electronics. Quality is too often an afterthought at HP, not only in their products, but clearly, also in their corporate governance and ethics.

Even their support website sucks.

Peace.

[sweetheart]

2. hp din't buy compaq, it was a reverse takeover

The corporate culture of DEC/Tandem/Compaq is a frankenstein on a good day, and the old
HP is a tiny part of the monster... and that monster, like an aerospace giant, is
converging on aerospace secrecy and corruption.

The whole industry should be proud of this, and all are bearing the weight of the
industry transformation to the mass market: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

[Lasher]

3. We've got Carly Fiorina to thank for that

I never could figure why HP hired her as CEO after she wrecked Lucent. At least HP finally had enough sense to fire her last year. I remember the Hewlett family did their best to block the merger with Compaq. People should have listened to them.

Now she's going to have to find a way to struggle on with the $42 million retirement package that HP gave her. Wonder how much she would have gotten if she hadn't been a failure?

[Exiled in America]

5. That's not quite how it happened.

HP "fired" Carly because she was not implementing her vision for the "new HP" FAST ENOUGH. They did not fire her because they disagreed with her philosophy.

That's the sad thing.

[caligirl]

4. self deleted, sorry for missing the earlier post on this . So is

Dunn and 'good friend' of Bush. She acts just like him.