Security News > 2020 > September > Anonymous Site Ramps Up 'Doxxing' Campaign Against HK Activists
A sophisticated and shady website called HK Leaks has ramped up its "Doxxing" - where people's personal details are published online - of Hong Kong political activists, targeting those it says have broken a sweeping new national security law.
Promoted by groups linked to the Chinese Communist Party and hosted on Russia-based servers, HK Leaks has become the most prominent doxxing site targeting democracy activists since it first emerged in 2019.
In an update since last year, the site now features a pop-up window saying "Rioters have ruined the rule of law and order of society in Hong Kong", and claims more than 2,000 police and pro-China individuals have themselves been doxxed by activists.
Prominent pro-democracy leaders Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow, co-founders of the disbanded Demosisto party, are on the site under a subsection named "Hong Kong independence rioter", while media mogul Jimmy Lai is also listed.
Ray Wong, who was granted political refugee status in Germany in May 2018, told AFP he suspects he has been targeted as part of a harassment campaign by Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities.