The California Gun Owners Doxxing Episode
In a bizarre episode, the state of California accidentally doxxed every single legal gun owner in the state. The incident took place this summer, after the California Justice Department launched a new website that was designed to be a portal for anonymous and aggregated information on gun owners. The website, it turned out, was not so anonymous. Instead, public information on gun owners—including sensitive info like names, birthdays, and addresses—was left exposed to the internet. The website was swiftly taken down, and the state government apologized for the mistake.
