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https://twitter.com/vercel_support/status/1713295474998772215 https://twitter.com/vercel_support/status/171329547499877221... > @vercel_support > Our investig

https://twitter.com/vercel_support/status/1713295474998772215 https://twitter.com/vercel_support/status/171329547499877221... > @vercel_support > Our investigation has determined a member of our customer-facing team violated company policy. We have taken appropriate action. > This was an error in human judgment; Vercel’s internal security systems worked as expected. > The employee did not have access to any source code, secrets, or the ability to change settings or deployments. > The employee used customer information, which they have access to for their job duties, to pursue a personal trademark matter. > We have zero tolerance for this behavior, have taken action, and will continue reinforcing procedures to prevent future occurrences.

Alupis 3y ago
Thanks for this context. So... it was a rogue employee trying to get a competing app to stop using a similar name to that employee's personal trademark. Everything seems normal until the employee used the email address on record to reach out to the user - and was rightfully terminated. News at 11? None of this seems related to Vercel at all, yet that's the clickbait.
- jacobr1 3y ago
  If anything, presuming this all is true, it increases my respect for Vercel for acting promptly and appropriately.
  - matijash 3y ago
    yep, agree on that, don't see a better way to react
- matijash 3y ago
  Why do you find the title misleading/clickbait?
politelemon 3y ago
The title says they were fired, but vercel says appropriate action was taken. Eg, it could be a reprimand. Did I miss that bit?
- matijash 3y ago
  https://twitter.com/nico_jeannen/status/1713384984319558038 https://twitter.com/nico_jeannen/status/1713384984319558038