May karma find you gifted with some juicy ransomeware, and having your identity stolen by a Romanian hacker collective. 

Which matters not one bit. If a single European citizen’s info was on that list (and there is a 100% chance there was), GDPR applies. And, as such, ESA is fucked.

This is nightmare fuel...

Weird, it’s almost like the timeline of events is important or something!

Text ‘GDPR’ to ESA 30330, because they just took a huge shit all over it. I hope anything that results from this is low-key for you (harassment-wise, that is; settlement-wise, I hope you clean up).

This is a weird take?

“I doubt this was an accident” is what you’re looking for there.

Sue ESA until it’s fucking gone.

LLol! Fuck them and fuck you too

This is the type of thing you put on a network share, not a website.

A transgender panel on the same type of issue would be good too. I've seen that group have to deal with comparable levels of abuse and disrespect as women have in the gaming community. I realize that women are a larger group but the scale shouldn't matter when the substance of the issue is the same.

It was not so long ago that trans women that write about videogames were being attacked over the internet and doxxed. This absolutely is horrible.

There’s already talks of several journalists, YouTubers and even some big companies organizing a class action lawsuit. Contact your lawyer and get in on it.

That’s it. You never know if it is a stupid mistake that never should have happened, or a bad actor(s).

It’s honestly 50/50 for me, because I can imagine someone in a key position being petty about something and I can also imagine someone in a key position just being a complete idiot. 

I doubt this was no accident. You don’t put this out there and link to it as a mistake.

Stay safe, Kotaku editors

I’m on that list, and was notified of it as well from some random person the other day. I’m sure the rest of my team was on that list as well. I’m not happy about this, and wondering how such a thing could have been left publicly accessible. I received an email too from the ESA a couple hours ago stating this, but the…

Why would they even have a file including that information anywhere on their website to begin with?