HP Settles Pretexting Cases

[HardOCP News]

Hewlett-Packard has settled cases with journalists from BusinessWeek and the New York Times after getting caught spying on them back in 2006. The parties did not disclose the size of the settlements.

HP has already paid $4.5 million in a civil-case settlement with the State of California related to the incident. The New York Times plans to donate its settlement money to charity, said Terry Gross, the attorney representing the company and the BusinessWeek reporters.