A crazy scandal at HubSpot involved ‘email hacking’ and ‘extortion,’ FBI documents reveal

An FBI investigation into marketing tech company HubSpot reveals alleged “email hacking” and “extortion,” according to documents seen by Business Insider.

These are new details involving attempts by people no longer with the company to obtain a manuscript of a book about the company.

To recap: Last summer, HubSpot’s chief marketing officer Mike Volpe was “terminated for cause,” content VP Joe Chernof “resigned before the Company could determine whether to terminate him for similar violations,” and CEO Brian Halligan was “sanctioned,” HubSpot said in a press release.