Hewlett-Packard's admission that it spied on its own board of directors and journalists has cast a spotlight on the underground market for personal information. But HP is not alone: There is a ...

In the immediate aftermath of the revelations of the Hewlett-Packard spying scandal, outraged legislators on Capitol Hill promised to do something about the evils of pretexting — the shady practice of ...

Ten private investigators in several states were indicted for identity theft this week after using pretexting methods similar to those used by Hewlett-Packard investigators to obtain the personal ...

An investigation's method of scrutinizing board members and journalists was "wrong" and has left the company red-faced. Full coverage: HP's boardroom drama Hurd memo: We will take the necessary action ...

Before politicians go home for the year at the end of the week, the U.S. Senate may vote to generally prohibit telephone "pretexting," a stealthy and usually fraudulent investigative technique made ...

The Hewlett-Packard boardroom scandal put a harsh glare on the shady and now illegal practice of using deception to obtain the personal phone records of others. The practice, known as pretexting, ...

After news reports early this year revealed how remarkably easy it was to unearth someone else's phone records, politicians vowed quick action on new legislation. "There needs to be a federal law that ...

One phone call led Amy Boyer’s killer to her. A high-school classmate who was obsessed with Boyer murdered the 20-year-old New Hampshire woman in 1999, but her death received scant attention compared ...

Among the wide range of hacking techniques known collectively as social engineering, pretexting is a tactic that hinges on telling a compelling (and, spoiler alert, fake!) story. With pretexting, ...

NEW YORK — Although the boardroom scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co. made the practice more widely known, buying phone records or other personal information obtained by "pretext" calls appears to have ...

Telecoms feel the pretexting heat As Congress calls telecom CEOs on the carpet, CNET News.com takes a look at how well the phone companies protect your privacy. Declan McCullagh is the chief political ...