There have been many stories of companies giving up user data to stalkers and other criminals pretending to be cops with emergency data requests, but this one stands out because it's so utterly shambolic. The stalker submitted his request using a protonmail address FFS.
In addition to any civil litigation I hope prosecutors are considering charges of criminal negligence against Verizon here. That might be the wake up call that is needed to get them (and their peers) to take "reasonable care" moving forward.
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