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NYT reporter revealed personal information of hundreds of Jews, leading to mass harassment

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(VINnews) — Anti-Jewish sentiments among New York Times journalists have reached a new low. The culprit behind a mass doxxing and data leak of personal information from a WhatsApp group chat of Jewish businessmen is a reporter from the Times, which has long harbored anti-Israel bias.




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The disgusting leak of the private information resulted in potentially hundreds of Jewish members of the WhatsApp group in Australia being doxxed and harassed by anti-Semites, with some even being forced to close their businesses and leave their homes.

Natasha Frost, a Melbourne-based NY Times reporter, has admitted that earlier this year she downloaded and shared 900 pages of content from the private WhatsApp chat started by Jewish professionals in response to the October 7 attacks.

Frost admitted to the Wall Street Journal that she had passed on the information.

Hundreds of participants in the group chat were shocked to find their personal information circulating online, leading to online and in-person harassment and forcing some to leave their homes.

Joshua Moshe, a member of the WhatsApp group, said he and his wife received threatening calls and emails calling them baby killers and genocide. They also received a text message with a photo of their five-year-old son.

Moshe's gift shop in Melbourne was defaced with graffiti and stickers of crossed-out Israeli flags, urging potential customers to boycott the shop. Moshe was forced to close his shop and his family was forced to move to another community.

A Jewish high school teacher from Melbourne who also participated in the WhatsApp chat said her school had received calls and threats from anonymous callers accusing her of being “complicated in genocide”.

Other professionals who participated in the WhatsApp chat reported losing their jobs and business opportunities.

In the February incident, a spreadsheet was created listing the names, photos, job titles and quotes from the WhatsApp group. The result was a list called “Zio600” that was used to threaten the people in the WhatsApp group.

The pro-Palestinian activists published the names, photos and social media pages of many members of the group, resulting in harassment, threats and vandalism online and in person.

A Times spokesman said the matter had been “reviewed and appropriate action taken,” but it was unclear what consequences this would have.

Days before the story went live, Frost left the WhatsApp group. Soon after, details from the group chat appeared on various websites and were widely shared among pro-Palestinian internet users.

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