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H-P and Pretexting

Patricia Dunn is with Hewlett-Packard no more. It all started with a leak; somebody was giving out important company secrets. And with all the deft Hollywood style gumshoe-esque thinking Ms Dunn hired Private Investigator Ronald DeLia to find out just who it was. The Private Investigators posed as H-P directors, as journalists, and more to root out the information. But more to the point, all you really need is a social security number and a valid zip code and you can pose as the person and hack your way in.

Should Patricia Dunn have been forced to resign?

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Patricia Dunn at HP and pretexting

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People in high positions are held accountable for things that sometimes they didn't have a direct connection in doing, but usually it is things that they could have prevented. In this case, Patricia Dunn was accused of the fraudulent use of wire, radio or television transmissions among others. While many may think that Dunn was a skapegoat in the situation and that the ...

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