HP Woes Set to Deepen As Ex-Boss Fiorina Prepares to Dish the Dirt
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By Stephen Foley in New York  Hewlett-Packard, the computer manufacturer at the centre of a corporate spying scandal, is bracing itself for still more episodes of the extraordinary soap opera that has captivated Silicon Valley and threatens to tear the company's board apart.
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(InfoWorld) - Like a good friend who has just gotten out of a terrible relationship, Hewlett-Packard seemed to be on the rebound and all the happier for it in recent months. After the departure of controversial CEO Carly Fiorina, the company has as of late shown newfound confidence and focus under new CEO Mark Hurd. But allâs still not well in the higher echelons of HP, as revealed in a filing the company made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The sudden and unexpected resignation of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Thomas Perkins from HPâs board of directors in May turned into a full-blown scandal last week, spawning law enforcement and SEC investigations and a PR nightmare for HP. At the center of the controversy is a legally and ethically questionable internal investigation of leaks of confidential company information to the media dating back to 2005. According to a copy of a letter from Perkins to the HP board explaining his sudden resignation, and republished on thesmokinggun.comâs Web site (a sure sign, if ever there was one, that youâre in the PR doghouse), HP hired outside companies to obtain personal phone records of board members using âpretextingâ (thatâs âsocial engineeringâ to you and me), in which a private investigator impersonated board members to obtain details of private phone company billing statements. In his letter, Perkins says he has proof that his own phone records were âhackedâ in the investigation. Those investigations ultimately fingered George Keyworth, an HP director since 1986, as the source of information about board deliberations and other confidential information, which were leaked to the media without authorization. Keyworth acknowledged he had leaked information at a board meeting on May 18 but refused the boardâs request to step down. Perkins announced his own resignation at that meeting, citing âpersonal frustrationâ with board Chairwoman Patricia Dunn over the handling of the leak investigation. In the meantime, the dispute has spilled over into the public domain. The attorney general of California asked HP to supply information about the leak investigation. The SEC has also been in touch over the 8-K filing HP made when Perkins resigned. HP believes its disclosures in May were âaccurate and complete.â In an Aug. 31 meeting, HPâs board of directors determined that Keyworth shouldnât be nominated for another term on the board.
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PATRICIA DUNN was today forced to say that she will step down as chairman of computer maker Hewlett-Packard, which has become embroiled in a scandal over its probes into leaks to the media.
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Meet the main characters in the corporate saga unfolding at HP.
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The memoir of fallen   Hewlett-Packard Co. leader Carly Fiorina, once America's most   powerful woman chief executive, paints an unsparing picture of   the internal power struggles and gender politics that   prefigured America's most public corporate boardroom scandal.
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Hurd has transformed HP into a growth company, but the success is being overshadowed by scandal.
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Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board of directors discussed shifting some day-to-day responsibilities from chief executive Carly Fiorina to other executives in an effort to improve the technology giant's performance, according to a published report yesterday.
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Members of Congress plan to grill current and former executives of Hewlett-Packard Co. today about their roles in a surveillance scandal and to determine whether broader ethics or privacy laws are needed to safeguard consumers.
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Pretexting now part of the HP Way Put the cheery comeback stories on hold. HP has a boardroom scandal that deserves some attention.â¦
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Hewlett-Packard Co.'s CEO, Mark Hurd, and former board chairman Patricia Dunn this morning faced an angry congressional subcommittee looking into the legality of efforts by HP to plug boardroom leaks.
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U.S. lawmakers on Thursday plan to   shine a spotlight on Hewlett-Packard Co.'s HPQ.N snooping   into the telephone records of some board members and   journalists, a practice that Congress may soon ban.
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Several people connected to the Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) board scandal have been invited to testify at a U.S. House subcommittee hearing Sept. 28 on the issue ofÂ pretexting to get confidential phone records.
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The memoir of fallen  Hewlett-Packard Co. leader Carly Fiorina, once America's most  powerful woman chief executive, paints an unsparing picture of  the internal power struggles and gender politics that  prefigured America's most public corporate boardroom scandal.
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Hewlett-Packard's HPQ.N board met   on Sunday and plans to meet again on Monday, leaving open the   question of chairman Patricia Dunn's fate as she comes under   fire for her role in ordering a controversial board   investigation into media leaks.
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE  SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s early efforts to plug a boardroom leak targeted the phone records of then-Chief Executive Carleton Fiorina, according to a source familiar with one of the investigations looming over the computer and printer maker.
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As scandal over HP methods mushrooms, House plans investigatory hearings; company reps will likely be called to testify.
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Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board of directors has leapt out of the mainstream with the recently disclosed scandal that's set members against each other, but changes over the past several years have made conflict on boards more likely.