Someone Is Trying to Doxx Me — How to Protect Yourself Right Now

Someone has found your personal information — or is actively trying to — and they intend to make it public. Maybe they've already posted your address. Either way, the next few hours matter more than the next few weeks. Here's your playbook.

Before anything gets deleted, capture evidence:

• Screenshot every post or message where your information was shared or threats were made
• Include timestamps, URLs, and usernames in every screenshot
• Use archive.org or archive.ph to create permanent records
• Save chat logs if the threats came through DMs

This evidence is critical for law enforcement and platform escalation. It takes 10 minutes and could matter enormously later.

You need to know exactly what's out there. Google yourself using your full name (in quotes), phone number, email address, and home address. Then check the major data broker sites directly — these are the tools doxxers use to connect online identities to real-world information.

Beyond data brokers, doxxers use:

• Breach databases — Stolen data from hundreds of breaches, searchable by email or username, traded on forums and Telegram
• WHOIS domain records — If you've registered a website without WHOIS privacy, your name and address may be public
• Social media OSINT — Photos with location metadata, check-ins, and identifiable landmarks
• Property records and voter registration — Public government databases listing your name and address
• IP address tracing — Compromised links that log your IP, which can be geolocated to your area

The most impactful thing you can do is remove your information from data broker sites. Each site has its own opt-out process — some require email verification, others require mailing a form. Processing takes 24 hours to 45 days per site.

Doing this across 190+ sites manually is possible but exhausting. Most people give up after 5-10. Our doxxing prevention service handles all of them systematically and monitors for re-listing.

Data brokers re-scrape public records and re-list your information constantly. One-time removal isn't enough. Ongoing monitoring detects when your information reappears, alerts you to new mentions on forums and paste sites, and automatically triggers new removal requests when data resurfaces.

File a police report if your home address was posted with threatening context, you've received threats of physical violence, the doxxer has threatened swatting, the doxxing is part of stalking, or you're a minor.

Doxxing is explicitly illegal in many states 3. Even without specific doxxing laws, the behavior often falls under stalking, harassment, or cyberstalking statutes. Federal law also applies when it crosses state lines.

Bring your documented evidence — screenshots, URLs, timestamps. Many departments now have cybercrime units.