Editorial desk
Use for newsroom questions, primary source links, analyst notes and media-related editorial requests.
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Use the right contact route for editorial tips, incident reports, correction requests, privacy questions and commercial inquiries so we can review them faster and more accurately.
HackWatch accepts incident tips, correction requests, editorial feedback and business inquiries. We prioritize submissions that include clear evidence, source links, dates and enough context to verify the issue safely.
Incident reports
Use for suspicious campaigns, phishing infrastructure, breach disclosures, malware reports and IOCs.
Corrections
Use for factual corrections, attribution issues, timeline updates and article clarification requests.
Advertising and partnerships
Commercial questions, sponsorships and campaign planning can also be sent to [email protected].
What helps us verify a report faster
- Links to primary advisories, disclosures, CERT notices, vendor updates or law-enforcement statements.
- Observed dates, affected products, known versions, sample domains, hashes or other non-secret IOCs.
- A short explanation of who is affected, how the issue was discovered and why it matters now.
- Screenshots or documents with secrets, personal data and tokens redacted wherever possible.
Corrections policy
If you believe an article contains a factual error, include the URL, the sentence or section in question, the correction you are requesting and a source that supports it. We review corrections against the same editorial standards used for publication and update the original article instead of creating duplicate correction pages.
Source protection and safe disclosure
Do not send passwords, one-time codes, seed phrases, payment credentials, private keys or full personal identifiers unless absolutely necessary for lawful and safe verification. Share only the minimum evidence needed to explain the issue clearly.
Important limitation
HackWatch is an editorial and informational service. We are not an emergency response hotline, law-enforcement agency, bank dispute desk or managed incident response provider. If an active compromise is underway, contact the relevant provider, employer, bank or authority directly alongside any report sent to us.
Response expectations
We review high-signal security submissions as quickly as possible, but response times vary depending on severity, evidence quality and current newsroom workload. Commercial and routine requests may take longer than active incident reports.