HP information leak

In 2006, HP was battling with a problem of the leaking of classified and confidential information from the organization. It was suspected that the leaks came from high-ranking officials of the organization who sat in boardroom meetings. The chairman at the time, Ms. Patricia Dunn, was troubled by this and sought to have the phone records of the board members obtained. The company was able to catch the mole who turned out to be a director. The mole was supplying CNET, an online news company, with the sensitive internal information discussed in boardroom meetings.

Hewlett-Packard Spied on Writers in Leaks, by D. Darlin, Nytimes.com, 2018 available at http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/technology/08hp.html. [Accessed on January ...

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