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Former eBay executive in pig mask case pleads guilty to stalking, tampering

41 points by ilamont 5y ago

Apocryphon 5y ago
So when is this incident getting its own sordid tech tell-all miniseries?
- codyogden 5y ago
  Hulu Original: "Final Bid: A Real American Horror Story." Netflix's limited docuseries: "Buy it. Sell it. Stalk it."
pjbeam 5y ago
This is one of those stories that make me wonder how out of touch these ebay employees were. To throw their careers away over such pettiness is insane. Then I stop and realize it's not impossible for me to end up in a bizarre bubble like that. What a world.
- n42 5y ago
  This is the part that struck me. I honestly think this could happen to more people than are willing to admit. One weird feedback loop in a bubble away, like you say.
asebold 5y ago
I wonder what it's like to have absolutely no fear of consequences.
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LB232323 5y ago
This is insanity, just goes to show how far money can corrupt. Making death threats on people's families for writing articles online. Taking it to the next level by trying to destroy someone's marriage. Just disgusting, and under the blessing of the top brass as well. Whatever the judge decides, will avoid giving money to eBay.
spoonjim 5y ago
Crazy to do this for your employer. They wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire.
LambdaTrain 5y ago
Link to gov release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-ebay-executive-pleads-guilty-his-role-cyberstalking-campaign https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-ebay-executive-ple... "Senior executives at eBay were frustrated with the newsletter’s tone and content, and with the tone and content of comments posted beneath the newsletter’s articles. The harassment campaign arose from communications between those executives and Baugh, who was eBay’s senior security employee." Now what about these frustrated "senior executives". This is mafia in age of internet. Cringe.
- jwilber 5y ago
  Careful, they might go after you next! Obviously sarcastic, but drives home just how insane the scenario even is. Also, how do senior executives even find the time?
IG_Semmelweiss 5y ago
Previous discussion. 495 votes and 126 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28046491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28046491
arcastroe 5y ago
How was their harassment traced back to them? We're the execs dumb enough to send vulgar Twitter messages through their own private accounts? Through company accounts?

41 points by ilamont 5y ago

Apocryphon 5y ago

So when is this incident getting its own sordid tech tell-all miniseries?

codyogden 5y ago
Hulu Original: "Final Bid: A Real American Horror Story." Netflix's limited docuseries: "Buy it. Sell it. Stalk it."

pjbeam 5y ago

This is one of those stories that make me wonder how out of touch these ebay employees were. To throw their careers away over such pettiness is insane. Then I stop and realize it's not impossible for me to end up in a bizarre bubble like that. What a world.

n42 5y ago
This is the part that struck me. I honestly think this could happen to more people than are willing to admit. One weird feedback loop in a bubble away, like you say.

asebold 5y ago

I wonder what it's like to have absolutely no fear of consequences.

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LB232323 5y ago

This is insanity, just goes to show how far money can corrupt. Making death threats on people's families for writing articles online. Taking it to the next level by trying to destroy someone's marriage. Just disgusting, and under the blessing of the top brass as well. Whatever the judge decides, will avoid giving money to eBay.

spoonjim 5y ago

Crazy to do this for your employer. They wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire.

LambdaTrain 5y ago

Link to gov release: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-ebay-executive-pleads-guilty-his-role-cyberstalking-campaign https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-ebay-executive-ple... "Senior executives at eBay were frustrated with the newsletter’s tone and content, and with the tone and content of comments posted beneath the newsletter’s articles. The harassment campaign arose from communications between those executives and Baugh, who was eBay’s senior security employee." Now what about these frustrated "senior executives". This is mafia in age of internet. Cringe.

jwilber 5y ago
Careful, they might go after you next! Obviously sarcastic, but drives home just how insane the scenario even is. Also, how do senior executives even find the time?

IG_Semmelweiss 5y ago

Previous discussion. 495 votes and 126 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28046491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28046491

arcastroe 5y ago

How was their harassment traced back to them? We're the execs dumb enough to send vulgar Twitter messages through their own private accounts? Through company accounts?