Allegations surrounding misconduct from Blizzard employees continue to surface following a new lawsuit filed by the state of California Department of Fair Employment and Housing alleging the company has a "pervasive frat boy workplace culture.” The latest story to surface alleges that Blizzard recruiters posed sexually inappropriate questions to Emily Mitchell, a security researcher interested in Blizzard’s penetration testing position, after she approached them to discuss jobs at the company.

As reported by Waypoint, the incident occurred at Black Hat - a cybersecurity convention - in 2015. Mitchell inquired about the role during the convention’s job fair. Mitchell noted she was wearing a shirt that said “Penetration Expert” across the front during the show.

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When she approached the recruiters, Waypoint reports that the Blizzard employees asked Mitchell when was the last time she was “personally penetrated,” and if she “liked being penetrated,” or how often she “got penetrated.” Mitchell was also questioned about why she was there, as employees asked if she was lost, or knew what pentesting was.

Following the incident at Black Hat in 2017, Blizzard contacted Mitchell’s employer at the time, Sagitta HPC, where she was a chief operating officer, and pursued hiring the company for security contracts. Mitchell denied the requests, telling the CEO of the company, “fuck no.” In an email to Blizzard, founder and CEO Gosney reported what Mitchell had experienced, recalling all of the shockingly inappropriate questions she was asked. In this email, he also states that other women “had received the same treatment from the Blizzard recruitment booth.” His response is still on Twitter, from where he shared it back in 2017.

On July 21, 2021, the CDFEH filed its lawsuit against Activision Blizzard. The document includes allegations of sexual harassment, racism, and in one instance, a female employee took her own life while on a business trip with a superior. The lawsuit also makes reference to the ‘Crosby Suite’ [sic], which is a reference to alleged rapist Bill Cosby. The details regarding that suite came to light just two days ago, which included accounts of male developers making sexually inappropriate comments and crowding around a photo of Bill Cosby.

Blizzard’s initial response to the lawsuit accused the state of California of falsifying the report. Since then, the company and its executives have issued multiple follow-up statements about its plans going forward, none of which have been well received by Activision Blizzard employees who staged a walkout two days ago.

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