The phone numbers and addresses were accidentally made public on the E3 Expo's website. The spreadsheet is now being shared across the internet.
, however, she did attempt to notify ESA about the leak before making her video about it.
"I think this whole event shows a stunning level of incompetence on the ESA’s part. The file wasn’t password protected, it was just in the open for anyone to download with a single click," she said."I started getting unknown caller calls around 3 a.m.," one journalist who wished to remain anonymous but whose address and personal phone number were included on the list told BuzzFeed News.
It's unclear how long the information was available on E3 Expo's website, but the directory was dated May 2019, which means it was accessible for at least three months. Harassment against games journalists — particularly women journalists — has been a constant issue since the 2014 GamerGate movement. Writers and streamers are regularly doxxed and sent abuse. Streamers, in particular, are constantly threatened with SWATing.
"We’re going to see a lot of harassment," Narwitz said."I have personal friends on that list and I fear they’ll be bombarded with nonsense, just as I fear others will be. Especially for smaller sites who didn’t have a business address but used their home."
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