HP also named a journalist to lead its corporate communications, Connie Guglielmo. She will take on her new vice president role at the start of September.

Guglielmo has been a journalist for over 20 years, most recently Hurd's departure for Bloomberg News.

The decision to put Guglielmo at the helm of its corporate communications is noteworthy considering another HP scandal from 2006, in which the company admitted to snooping on several journalists and its own board members in an effort to find out which director was giving sensitive information to the media.

That scandal led to the resignation of three HP directors, including then-chairwoman Patricia Dunn.