A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges alleging that he doxxed a Supreme Court justice by posting their home address on a social media site and threatened their life.
Prosecutors did not identify the Supreme Court justice.
The incident underscores the dangers public officials face from doxxing, as well as how easy it has become to find sensitive information online. In October, a hacking group, the Com, reportedly published personal data belonging to hundreds of government officials.
Kyle Edwards, 59, allegedly also posted the former home addresses and neighborhoods of two additional Supreme Court justices to the same site.
Edwards admitted to saying the justice should “buy Kevlar robes” and encouraged others to turn multiple justices “into charcoal,” according to a Department of Justice press release.
The social media account that Edwards used to post the threatening messages was publicly accessible and drew other users who also suggested attacking the justice, the press release said.
Edwards faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
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