HP employees charged with felony

While California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has been saying for a few weeks that he had enough evidence to indict HP’s former chairwoman Patricia Dunn, some had questioned if he ever would do so. That’s settled today as Lockyer filed felony charges against Dunn and four others, including HP’s senior lawyer Kevin Hunsaker and some of the investigators who took part in the spying process.

It looks as though none of the five employees involved are going to get off easy. Dunn herself faces up to six years in jail according to TechDirt. News.com has more info on recent happenings, and makes mention of the others facing up to 3 years. I’m not impressed by the spying, but this much jail time could be deemed a tad harsh.