HP CEO Allowed 'Sting' on CNet reporter

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday September 22, 2006 @04:53AM from the ouch-that-stung dept.

Mark writes "The Washington Post, reporting on Hewlett-Packard's Chairman Patricia Dunn and alleged spying on other HP board members, has obtained e-mails that implicate the CEO, Mark Hurd, who approved an elaborate 'sting' operation on a CNet reporter." From the article: HP's leak investigation involved planting false documents, following HP board members and journalists, watching their homes, and obtaining calling records for hundreds of phone numbers belonging to HP directors, journalists and their spouses, according to a consultant's report and the e-mails."

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Re:Don't put the blame on Hurd. by gEvil+(beta) · 2006-09-22 05:08 · Score: 4, Funny

Just further proof that you can't trust anything with the name "Hurd" attached to it... : p

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Re:Reversal of watergate by gEvil+(beta) · 2006-09-22 05:15 · Score: 4, Funny

If this happens, though, use of "gate" as a suffix is strictly forbidden, because that's just silly.

I think they've been following that rule for a while now. Notice how there's been no "investigate" for a long time...

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Hmm by Rethcir · 2006-09-22 05:27 · Score: 5, Funny

The reporter was sending out an SOS to the world, because not every little thing the CEO did was magic.