Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is in the news again with further information on illegal spying tactics that have set off criminal investigations.
Spying efforts included physical surveillance, photographs and even spyware sent via e-mail. The spying wasn't just limited to employees but also included wives and other relatives of HP board members and even reporters, according to this WashingtonPost.com article.
A Feb. 10 consultant report prepared for the company was obtained by The Washington Post and summarized in eight pages how investigators followed HP board member George "Jay" Keyworth, watched his home and even tried to recover a laptop computer stolen from him in Italy so they could gleen information from its contents.
The article stated that the report described how investigators sent an e-mail to a reporter for the online technology publication Cnet.com that contained spyware software in an attached file. If opened, the attachment was designed to install itself on her computer and track every keystroke.
The extent to which the Silicon Valley computer company would go to identify the person who spoke anonymously to a reporter about confidential company operations has scandalized corporate America, launched federal and state investigations, and outraged members of Congress, who have called a Sept. 28 hearing on the matter.
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