eBay hit with $3M fine, admits to “terrorizing innocent people”
arstechnica.com
eBay must pay maximum fine for putting Massachusetts couple “through pure hell.”

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.

    • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
      21·
      6 months ago

      Something I see working in infosec is that there are some people who get into it for the power, thinking they’re basically cops. This being run by their Director of Safety and Security reeks of that kind of cop-mindset.

      • jarfil@beehaw.org
        5·
        6 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.

    • billothekid2@kbin.social
      11·
      6 months ago

      Holy shit! Does eBay think they’re the Mafia now? I can’t help but think of the horse head in The Godfather.