eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement

eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, as reported earlier by CNBC. The settlement will resolve a lengthy legal saga that revealed how eBay's former executives sent live insects, a bloody pig mask, a funeral wreath, and other strange items to David and Ina Steiner over their newsletter's coverage of eBay. The Steiners, who operate the EcommerceBytes newsletter, sued eBay and its former executives - including ex-CEO Devin Wenig - in 2021. The lawsuit accused the company and its executives of launching a … Read the full story at The Verge.

eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, as reported earlier by CNBC. The settlement will resolve a lengthy legal saga that revealed how eBay's former executives sent live insects, a bloody pig mask, a funeral wreath, and other strange items to David and Ina Steiner over their newsletter's coverage of eBay. The Steiners, who operate the EcommerceBytes newsletter, sued eBay and its former executives - including ex-CEO Devin Wenig - in 2021. The lawsuit accused the company and its executives of launching a … Read the full story at The Verge.