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.
https://www.404media.co/verizon-gave-her-data-to-a-stalker-this-has-completely-changed-my-life/
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