Friday 10 February 2023
DDoSecrets is a publisher and archive for data leaked in the public interest.
DDoSecrets Collective:
We are a small group, but our reach expands far beyond just our members. Our founders had informally worked together for years and developed deep connections in the field of data gathering, research, journalism, activism and technology. In 2018, they decided to pool their expertise and time to create a unified project representing our shared transparency goals, and provide an information sharing platform for others to know and trust.
Data we index must meet two criteria:
— Is it in the public interest?
— Can a prima facie case be made for the veracity of its contents?
Since 2018, we’ve grown by leaps and bounds, released dozens of terabytes of data from over fifty countries, worked with countless outlets and partnered with groups like the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, European Investigative Collaborations, the SilverLining Project at Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science and the Social Media Analysis Toolkit (SMAT).
Our view is that data is a resource and a record. Data can never tell the whole story. We trust the public to be responsible with data, and open it up to them for rigorous examination. Given enough time and data, the truth can always emerge.
As of July 2020, we are a registered 501(c)3 non-profit.
— DDoSecrets Collective.
Distributed Denial of Secrets #DDoSecrets
is a journalist 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to enabling the free transmission of data in the public interest.
