Toxxing is a form of online harassment where an attacker floods a target with toxic or harmful content, such as hate messages, spam, or false reports, to disrupt their online presence or mental well-being.
Toxxing typically involves the following steps:
Here are some tools that attackers might use for Toxxing:
Automated bots that flood a target with spam messages.
Accounts created to harass or report a target anonymously.
Exploiting platform reporting systems to falsely flag a target's content.
Below is an example of how Toxxing might occur:
Scenario: An attacker creates multiple fake accounts to send hate messages to a target on social media.
Result: The target's mental health is affected, and their online reputation is damaged.
To protect yourself from Toxxing, follow these best practices:
Toxxing is illegal and unethical. Always respect others and follow applicable laws.