How ‘Doxxing’ Became a Mainstream Tool in the Culture Wars
SAN FRANCISCO — Riding a motorized pony and strumming a cigar box ukulele, Dana Cory
led a singalong to the tune of “If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.”
“You’re a Nazi and you’re fired, it’s your fault,” she sang.
“Originally it was little black-hat hacker crews who were at war with each other — they would take docs, like documents, from a competing group
and then claim they had ‘dox’ on them,” said Gabriella Coleman, a professor at McGill University who wrote a book about the hacker vigilante group Anonymous.
You’re a Nazi and you’re fired, it’s your fault.”
“All together now!” Ms. Cory, 48, shouted to a cheering crowd in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood on Saturday.
