WHATEVER IT TAKES: Inside the eBay Scandal
The Most Shocking Scandal in Silicon Valley History
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Proving once again that truth is often stranger than fiction, WHATEVER IT TAKES tells the unfathomable true story of Ina and David Steiner, two Massachusetts-based journalists targeted during one of the most extraordinary and bizarre scandals in recent memory. While covering eBay and the e-commerce beat in the summer of 2019, the Steiners suddenly found themselves enduring cyberstalking threats and bizarre deliveries including a bloody pig mask and funeral wreath at their doorstep. Amidst intensifying harassment, the police and FBI ultimately closed in on a Silicon Valley giant and some very unlikely suspects. This timely, true crime caper contemplates dysfunction, capitalism, and the disintegration of ethics, while rooting for the unsuspecting yet quietly resilient local journalists whose lives are changed forever.
Directed by Jenny Carchman. Produced by Allyson Luchak and Ben Travers. Executive Produced by Jenny Carchman, Mandy Chang, Lizzie Fox, Allyson Luchak, Casey Meurer, Nicole Stott, and Jonathan Silberberg. Edited by Seth Bomse. Cinematography by Thorsten Thielow. Music by Daniel Wohl. A Production of Fremantle, Concordia Studio and Big Pond Films.
