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Under Pressure: Exploring the effect of legal and criminal threats on security researchers and journalists

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2 Feb, 2026

“Dissent Doe,” DataBreaches.net admin@databreaches.net Zack Whittaker, this.weekinsecurity.com this@weekinsecurity.com February 2026. [Download .pdf version] Key takeaways Three-quarters of respondents in a pilot survey of journalists and security researchers reported receiving one or more threats due to their work; one-quarter reported never receiving any threats. Overall, half of the respondents reported receiving at least one legal threat…

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