Cybersleuth Firm's Officer Sues Microsoft Claiming Gender Bias
- White hat officer of HackerOne sees pay, promotion disparity
- Federal suit follows similar claims against Twitter, Facebook
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Microsoft Corp. was sued by a former employee who claims females in technical and engineering roles at the software maker are discriminated against in performance evaluations, pay and promotions.
The complaint filed Wednesday in Seattle federal court follows similar suits this year in California against Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. Katie Moussouris, a “white hat” cybersleuth and veteran of Symantec Corp., worked at Microsoft for seven years before becoming chief policy officer at HackerOne Inc. She seeks class action status for her case.