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Reporters sue over HP boardroom leak scandal
News HP investigators are accused of obtaining confidential phone records belonging to the reporters and some of their family members by misleading phone company employees, a practice known as pretexting. The fallout from... [16 Aug 2007]
HP spying scandal: Ex-chairman off the hook
News The charges were a direct response to the brouhaha last year in which HP executives admitted that outside investigators had used a technique called 'pretexting', or posing as someone else to obtain phone records of... [15 Mar 2007]
HP: Spying row was a "wake-up call"
News He described the new process as "broader than putting a phrase in the contract that says, 'You won't use pretexting and you will adhere to ethics'". The changes are a direct response to the brouhaha last year in which HP... [02 Mar 2007]
HP denies obtaining ex-VP's phone records
News In a filing made with a federal court in Tyler, Texas, the company said: "HP denies that the so-called pretexting alleged by Kamb in the counterclaim occurred. HP denies that any so-called pretexting... [01 Mar 2007]
Anti-spyware bill resurfaces in the US
News Dingell was referring not only to the spyware measure but also to three other proposals announced at the same time: a bill to regulate telephone pretexting; one to curb the sale of Social Security numbers; and one to... [09 Feb 2007]
HP embroiled in new spying row
News HP obtained Kamb's private phone records through pretexting, the practice of obtaining information by masquerading as someone else. The countersuit, which seeks unspecified damages, comes only a few months after an... [25 Jan 2007]
HP spy saga: Ex-chairman offered plea deal
News HP investigators obtained private phone records belonging to journalists and board members by duping employees of telephone companies, a process known as pretexting. California's attorney general is offering former HP... [19 Jan 2007]
HP leak-probe accused 'to testify against others'
News The practice is called pretexting. The data broker charged with federal crimes for his role in the HP news-leak probe will testify against other defendants, according to sources close to the case. Bryan Wagner, who was... [12 Jan 2007]
HP veteran CFO calls it a day
News HP revealed this summer that its investigators used false pretences, or pretexting, to obtain the phone records of more than a dozen people, including journalists, board members and employees, in an effort to pinpoint... [11 Dec 2006]
HP spying scandal: Civil settlement reached?
News As part of its effort to uncover the source of news stories, HP investigators employed the practice of "pretexting", or using false pretences, to obtain the phone records of more than a dozen people, including board... [07 Dec 2006]
HP under SEC scrutiny for leak probe scandal
News As part of that probe, investigators hired by HP obtained phone records for more than a dozen people using false pretences, a practice known as 'pretexting'. HP has disclosed that the US Securities and Exchange... [17 Nov 2006]
HP spying scandal: Fresh questions over CEO
News HP has admitted company investigators tricked employees at phone companies into divulging the information, a practice known as pretexting. During his testimony before Congress, Hurd denied knowing until very recently... [02 Nov 2006]
HP leak probe: Criminal charges filed
News Some legal experts have speculated that there are no clearly defined laws against pretexting, the practice of obtaining information through false pretences. California's attorney general filed felony criminal charges on... [05 Oct 2006]
HP 'was warned over leak probe's legality'
News In its 30 August report, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati concludes that the use of pretences to obtain phone records, a practice known as "pretexting", was "not generally unlawful" at the time of the investigation. [02 Oct 2006]
HP's Dunn: 'I wasn't supervisor of leak probe'
News The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding hearings on the HP leak probe today as part of a broader inquiry into the practice of pretexting, or using false means to obtain personal records. Former HP chairman... [28 Sep 2006]
