HP Spying More Elaborate Than Reported

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday September 18, 2006 @01:40AM from the an-inventer's-garage-meets-keystone-kops dept.

theodp writes "The NY Times reports the secret investigation of news leaks at HP was more elaborate than previously reported. In addition to illicitly gathering private phone records almost from the start, detectives reportedly followed and videotaped some directors and journalists, were given photos of reporters to help identify them, and tried to plant surveillance software on a CNET reporter's computer. HP also fessed up to spying on its own spokesman, whose personal phone records were taken."

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Re:Irony in the details by jbertling1960 · 2006-09-18 03:28 · Score: 1, Flamebait

They put a high ranking corporate attorney in charge of ethics and somehow didn't expect something like this to happen. How do they think he rose to his position in the first place? I'll bet money it wasn't through 'ethics.'