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The Pretexting Way: 'H-P Spied on Me and My Family'

Elizabeth Corcoran writes on Forbes.com:

Hewlett-Packard has my number. Not only my work and cell phone number, but probably also the numbers of my father, the nanny of my son’s best friend and a host of others.

My husband, George Anders, works for The Wall Street Journal. He was one of the nine journalists targeted by private investigators hired by HP to figure out who was leaking corporate information to the press.

For us, the story has gone from weirdly funny to downright creepy as more details have emerged. Ultimately, there are going to be quite a few casualties from this hit-and-run demolition of HP’s ethical standards.

posted by Fergie @ 9/22/2006 09:42:00 AM