Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People's Private Data

The report describes a doxing-as-a-service group that impersonated law enforcement by sending a forged emergency data request to Charter Communications, quickly obtaining a target's name, home address, phone numbers, and email. The group claims to have used the same social-engineering technique successfully against numerous major U.S. tech companies, highlighting systemic weaknesses in providers' handling of emergency data requests and the privacy risks posed by organized doxing services.