This isn't his first time doing it, either.

https://itwire.com/security/infosec-researchers-slam-ex-wapo...

I was personally unaware of these stories, and am slightly disgusted by the fact that I used to think Krebs was a fairly stand-up guy.

Doxxing someone because of a bad book review? I guess I shouldn't be surprised he's now doxxing someone based on a loose thread with no evidence.

I would have thought someone who has been swatted before would realize the dangers of releasing someones personal address to outrage-hungry vigilantes.

Some people claim that the coinhive story had some unnecessary doxxing aswell:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/03/annual-protest-to-fight-... (see comments)

The users of said image board do a yearly fundraiser to protest against the unnecessary doxxing. The first one was started by a random user.

He also doxxed a guy who registered a bunch of domains defensively. He didn't even really apologize, just updated the story a few days later. [1] I called it out here prior to the update. [2]

1. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/04/whos-behind-the-reopen-d...

2. https://twitter.com/cyberingcc/status/1252460981546090496

That is just embarrassingly petty - I've just lost a little more respect for the guy.

> Researching and publicly broadcasting private or identifying information (especially personally identifying information) about an individual or organization.

Yeah this is definitionally doxxing