Comment by pc
10 years ago
(Stripe's CEO here.) It is emphatically against our policy. The employee involved was identified before the article was published and they no longer work at Stripe.
10 years ago
(Stripe's CEO here.) It is emphatically against our policy. The employee involved was identified before the article was published and they no longer work at Stripe.
Why did an employee feel motivated to leak that data? What processes have you put in place to prevent a repeat of the event?
Those are the sort of questions that should be addressed in public, not in a side discussion on an unrelated comment thread.
But the actual point of my comment was that HN may have a bit of the PH filtering effect going on.
Why do we not know who he is? Is it not a crime in the US to leak/steal data and leak it to third parties?
You've released this scumbag back into the pool to continue his shenanigans elsewhere.
You've covered your ass, and now he's someone else's problem, right?
My guess would be they are covering their bases legally.
I have heard several stories from small business owners who fire an employee who was stealing or committing some other crime, but they don't actively tell anyone who calls for a reference because they don't want to open themselves up to legal issues.
Even if Stripe can prove that the person did this, potential lawsuits could be incredibly distracting and expensive.