eBay executives launch a cyberstalking campaign against the EcommerceBytes journalists
corporate_misconduct
2019-08-01 00:00 UTC
After Ina Steiner wrote about the CEO's pay, eBay staff sent the Steiners threatening messages and deliveries including live spiders and cockroaches, a bloody pig mask and a funeral wreath, and attempted to place a GPS tracker on their car.
Analyzed impacts (3)
Primary target of the campaign; the harassment followed her reporting on eBay's CEO pay
Targeted alongside his wife in the same campaign
The campaign's stated aim was to stop the publication's coverage of eBay