> For the life of me cannot fathom why PlayHaven went to the extreme step of firing the dev in question.
The appearance of bringing negative publicity to your employer will often get you fired. Make the complaints sexual in nature and you can probably kiss that job good-bye, this is how society handles these things basically everywhere.
She brought negative publicity on her company, so she also risked her position.
> Looks like the male privilege extends to having the resources to perform DDoS.
Oh pull your head out of your ass. This is by far closer to give a man a hammer and every problem looks like a nail. People acted angrily with the tools they knew best.