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H-P Used Phishing-Style e-Mail, Tracing Software to Track Leaks

Jon Swartz writes on USA Today:

In snooping on a reporter to pinpoint internal news leaks, Hewlett-Packard used high-tech tools common to spammers, phishers, retailers, suspicious employers and investigators.

Those tools, including phishing-style e-mail and tracing software, underscore the growing use of electronic surveillance to monitor consumers' every digital move, computer-security experts say.

Misleading e-mails from HP investigators to CNet reporter Dawn Kawamoto "smacked of phishing tactics" to trick her into divulging information, says Dave Jevans, chairman of the Anti-Phishing Working Group.

posted by Fergie @ 9/27/2006 08:26:00 PM