PRETEXTING

Pretexting

Pretexting: Should Patricia Dunn have been forced to resign?

Introduction

Well, I guess the moral is due to be considered as you'd think pretexting. What is pretexting? Well, even I had never heard of until this week. I had heard that pretexting is considered to be fraud, but I did not know the official term. In this case (Bamford, 2004), pretexting masked by another person or to obtain personal information such as phone records of the time. Just as a man imitate another; in fact, matters of social security number, last four digits are used.

Pretexting: Is Patricia Dunn had to resign?

Ms. Dunn, I thought it was the right thing to do is think about what you are doing is well-intentioned, the fact that I can say I thought it was her duty to him. Hewlett-Packard (HP) is an investigation, the company board of directors agreed to try to track down fugitive, he was going investigation into how the company handled an investigation should be looked at more. A leak is not actually correct to call him to start. He, however, have every right to know what is going on in the company's own, no. I just think its different ways to approach it could've gone down. (Bamford, 2004)

"Unauthorized disclosure of confidential information is a serious violation of our code of conduct," Dunn's prepared speech, "he said. He is stepping down at the request of the board, he said. HP's shares on the announcement after market hours trading after closing were increased more than 1 percent. Hurd, the company's Palo Alto, New York headquarters in California were made at a press conference to explain.

To open the first public comments since the scandal, Hurd expressed regret at the tactics used during the investigation but said the investigation is in conformity with the intent. "The ship had a leak actually had to be resolved. But it does not reflect the values of Hewlett-Packard. (Isikoff, 2006) applied improper techniques

Hurd, but the company still has not got all the facts surrounding the methods used during the investigation said the findings of that day and hired an independent law firm to investigate the leak probe was "very disturbing." About 18 months before the HP scandal spotlight Hurd appointed general manager, comments came as close to move. Recently surfaced in the HP (Charts), the e-mails than previously thought Hurd, the board of directors, journalists and HP employees recommend that you played a bigger role in oversight.

George Keyworth as the source of the leak started at the beginning of this year came early last year, a result began a no - Hurd is to take place in two stages, including the leak probe, shed some light on. Hurd was aware of the investigation and a probe as part of a fake e-mail sent to a reporter that he knew, he said. But a report he compiled a detailed investigation into the second stage of the investigative team did not read used pretexting techniques, "he ...