HP and "Pretexting" - My Latest Philadelphia Daily News Column

Holy HP Boardroom Batman!

Yesterday I took a wry look at white-collar crime, a 'la "pretexting," in a Philadelphia Daily News OpEd headlined, "The white-collar Webster's."

When identity theft, wire fraud, or hacking get rolling from the executive suite at HP they take on a much nicer ring (that was a bad pun, wasn't it?) when they're messaged/massaged into "pretexting."

I know which side my bread is buttered but I just couldn't help thinking of the street criminal without a crisis communications team.

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