A Facebook funeral party at its HQ once descended into violence — and security suspected gang involvement
Steve Jennings/Getty Images for Little Kids RockBut they don't just safeguard against outside threats; they also sometimes have to protect workers from one another.In one incident, in 2013, a memorial party for a beloved employee descended into apparently gang-related violence.To commemorate him, the company threw a blow-out party on campus at its Silicon Valley headquarters one Saturday the following month.
The incident highlights the challenges Facebook's security team faces as it polices the Silicon Valley technology firm — not only to defend the company from outside threats but also, sometimes, to protect workers from one another.an in-depth investigation into how Facebook handles its corporate security, which you can read hereSources described a hidden world of stalkers, stolen prototypes, state-sponsored espionage concerns, secret armed guards, car-bomb concerns, and more.
But Silicon Valley's tradition of openness can complicate things, such as the time when an old prototype of an Oculus virtual-reality headset was stolen from a conference room. Facebook — like many companies — doesn't have surveillance cameras inside its offices, and the enormous open-plan design of the office meant that the pool of suspects would likely be hundreds of people, with no way to narrow it down. There was nothing security could do; the prototype was never recovered.
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