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Anything less than jail time for all involved is a travesty.

onion2k 3y ago
While that's a given, it won't stop companies hiring people and paying them sufficiently to make them accept a prison term as a part of the job. eBay needs to face significant damages in order to drive home a disincentive for other corporations considering doing the same. It needs to be high enough that the share price takes a long term hit.
- mangodrunk 3y ago
  Why would that deter people if they aren’t directly paying for it? You think it would force companies to police it themselves? I think jail time makes sense, and for them to be directly sued and the company to a lesser degree, pretty much what happened here.
fckgw 3y ago
Many of them got jail time.
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fortran77 3y ago
You're right! And the article says that many of them did go to prison: > Several of the executives and employees were arrested and convicted on federal charges. One executive, security head Jim Baugh, got nearly five years in prison. The company's CEO at the time, Devin Wenig, was referenced, but not by name, in federal charging documents. He was never charged, but did lose his job. In addition to Baugh, former head of security, the convicted eBay minions are: > David Harville, former Director of Global Resiliency, who was sentenced to 24 months in prison in September 2022; Stephanie Popp, former Senior Manager of Global Intelligence, who was sentenced to 12 months in prison in October 2022; Philip Cooke, a former Senior Manager of Security Operations, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 12 months of home confinement in July 2021; Stephanie Stockwell and Veronica Zea, a former Manager of Global Intelligence and a contract intelligence analyst, respectively, who were each sentenced to one year in home confinement in October and November 2022. Brian Gilbert, a former Senior Manager of Security Operations, has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.

While that's a given, it won't stop companies hiring people and paying them sufficiently to make them accept a prison term as a part of the job. eBay needs to face significant damages in order to drive home a disincentive for other corporations considering doing the same. It needs to be high enough that the share price takes a long term hit.

mangodrunk 3y ago
Why would that deter people if they aren’t directly paying for it? You think it would force companies to police it themselves? I think jail time makes sense, and for them to be directly sued and the company to a lesser degree, pretty much what happened here.

fckgw 3y ago

Many of them got jail time.

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fortran77 3y ago

You're right! And the article says that many of them did go to prison: > Several of the executives and employees were arrested and convicted on federal charges. One executive, security head Jim Baugh, got nearly five years in prison. The company's CEO at the time, Devin Wenig, was referenced, but not by name, in federal charging documents. He was never charged, but did lose his job. In addition to Baugh, former head of security, the convicted eBay minions are: > David Harville, former Director of Global Resiliency, who was sentenced to 24 months in prison in September 2022; Stephanie Popp, former Senior Manager of Global Intelligence, who was sentenced to 12 months in prison in October 2022; Philip Cooke, a former Senior Manager of Security Operations, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 12 months of home confinement in July 2021; Stephanie Stockwell and Veronica Zea, a former Manager of Global Intelligence and a contract intelligence analyst, respectively, who were each sentenced to one year in home confinement in October and November 2022. Brian Gilbert, a former Senior Manager of Security Operations, has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.