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An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead

Andy Greenberg, Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman

created: Sept. 27, 2025, 2:25 p.m. | updated: Oct. 1, 2025, 9:44 a.m.

The activity raises questions about legality and oversight given that DHS has been putting the information into an FBI crime database. The Secret Service warned, though, that in addition to being used by cybercriminals for scamming, the apparatuses could also be used to launch critical infrastructure attacks that could disrupt mobile networks. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. An app used to out those who spoke ill of the murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was found to be leaking its users’ personal information, doxing the very people it had invited to dox its targets. Microsoft’s action—its investigation is still ongoing—follows a wave of staff protests at its ties to Israel and its ongoing war in Gaza.

2 months, 2 weeks ago: WIRED