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

Dissent Doe DataBreachesnet admindatabreachesnet Zack Whittaker thisweekinsecuritycom thisweekinsecuritycom February 2026 Download pdf version Key takeaways Threequarters of respondents in a pilot survey of journalists and security researchers reported receiving one or more threats due to their work onequarter reported never receiving any threats Overall half of the respondents reported receiving at least one legal threat Source