HP's Dunn to step down amidst hacking scandal

HP's Dunn to step down amidst hacking scandal
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-09-12

Hewlett-Packard announced on Tuesday that Chairwoman Patricia Dunn would step down early next year to be replaced by CEO Mark Hurd, amidst calls by critics for her resignation and increasing scrutiny of the tactics used by investigators to track down a media leak on the board.

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HP's Dunn to step down amidst hacking scandal 2006-09-12
check your facts (1 replies)

No body, in any recent article on this topic that I've yet read, EVER mentions that this IS explicitly illegal activity (not just in California) as shown here:

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/pretext.htm

Where are the alleged experts coming from, that the media outlets keep quoting?...

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Re: HP's Dunn to step down amidst hacking scandal 2006-09-14
Anonymous

Pointless to say that I fully agree. It seems that Mesis is a real expert in pretexting, in fact he uses that method with him self quite successfully....

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HP's Dunn to step down amidst hacking scandal 2006-09-12
Don Parker

Bleh. So much for boardroom accountability. It sounds like she was made to walk the plank or be fired. Don't these idiots ever get it. With great power comes great responsibility. If you are going to hire some private detectives to do some investigating then make sure you hire a reputable one, and l...

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HP's Dunn to step down amidst hacking scandal 2006-09-13
Marilee Veniegas

It's surprising in a post-Enron age that corporate self governance could be so lax http://www.iwantmyess.com/?p=95 Her backtracking and comments that the pretexting/info gathering was "beyondwhat we understood them to be." C'mon it's just too little too late!

HP is lucky that its Computer Is Pers...

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HP's Dunn to step down amidst hacking scandal 2006-09-13
Kornelius

She is the epitome of corruption. She should be fired immediately! Such companies should root out such vile behavior.

Good riddance?

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HP's Dunn to step down amidst hacking scandal 2006-09-13
They are a bunch of liars

Bottomline, its identity theft. ...

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Stepping Down?? Hardly. 2006-09-13
Anonymous

Stepping out of the line of fire is more like it.

She's staying in place on the board, where she can pull Hurd's strings and wield as much power as before. Only she'll be much less visible next time.

This is just another "pretext" - gaming the media and shareholders this time.

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