eBay agreed to pay maximal possible fine of $3 million after employees harassed, intimidated, and stalked a Massachusetts couple in retaliation for their critical reporting of the online marketplace (arstechnica.com)

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eBay's harassment campaign against the couple, David and Ina Steiner, stretched for 18 days in August 2019 and was led by the company's former senior director of safety and security, Jim Baugh. It started when then-CEO Devin Wenig and then-chief communications officer Steven Wymer decided to "take down" the Steiners after growing frustrated with their coverage of eBay in a newsletter called EcommerceBytes.

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[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Very close, although it seems like in this case it was the other way around:

Cooke worked in eBay's security division after retiring from the Santa Clara Police Department.

Ex-cop, went into "private security" to keep copping around, not exactly infosec.

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