Brianna Wu, head of the independent gaming studio Giant Spacekat, was the target of a series of tweets containing death threats on Friday; one published her home address (since redacted). The poster's Twitter account has been disabled.
Wu responded on Friday night with the tweet:
Brianna Wu @Spacekatgal
The police just came by. Husband and I are going somewhere safe.
Remember, #gamergate isn't about attacking women.
GamerGate supporters denounced the threats and "doxxing" against Wu and disavowed the poster. However, several suspected that the tweets were a false flag created by anti-GamerGate forces:
Sun Knight @SunKnightO
@Sen_Armstrong @Spacekatgal @chatterwhiteman It's clearly either a troll or false flag shame that people actually think its legit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:15PM
Responding to yourself is stupid and easy to spot. You can sock puppet all you want, but its pretty obvious.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:19PM
I don't think it is a sockpuppet. I think there really is more than one person who thinks that logic is impeccable.
There are a whole bunch of them in gamergate. It's kind of a requirement to join.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 12 2014, @06:27PM
Nah, I'm pretty sure its all that one guy who thinks every AC poster is Tork. Even this post is by him, and yours definitely is.