You’re sitting in your kitchen on a Saturday morning when the security system goes off.
Four people with cameras and banners are setting up outside your gate.
Your children are upstairs.
Your neighbours are watching.
Within minutes, footage of your house – with your full address visible – is live on social media.
Your phone starts ringing.
📸 This isn’t a hypothetical. It’s what happened to Rishi Sunak’s family in August 2023 when Greenpeace activists climbed onto his home while his wife and daughters were inside.
It’s what JK Rowling experienced when activists tweeted her home address after she spoke about women’s rights.
And it’s what’s now happening to anyone whose wealth or prominence has made them visible.
🎯 The Organised Campaign
In July 2025, over 200 young activists staged 20 coordinated actions across Britain in a single day.
🏬 Jim Ratcliffe at Harrods
🍺 James Watt outside BrewDog
🏦 Insurance executives in the City
🚰 Thames Water leaders facing attempted “citizen’s arrests” on their own doorsteps
This wasn’t random. It was planned, coordinated, and designed to send a message:
“We know who you are. We know where you live. And we’re coming for you.”
One activist, juggling three jobs at 25, told reporters she’d taken part in five actions that week.
Another, just 16, said:
“The money is there – it’s just being hoarded by the super-rich.”
💰 Your wealth isn’t just a number in a portfolio. It’s a target painted on your back.
🔍 How It Happens
They start with your name.
Maybe you backed a planning decision they oppose. Or your investments sit in a sector they despise. Perhaps you donated to a political cause.
You don’t need to be the CEO of an oil company — just visible, wealthy, and in their sights.
Within hours, they’re searching:
🗂️ Companies House filings
🗳️ Electoral rolls
🏠 Land Registry records
📜 Old addresses still sitting in databases
🎓 Mentions of your children’s school in charity programmes
📷 Event or gala photos showing your home or vehicles
They’re not hackers — they don’t need to be.
The data’s already there: public, legal, and waiting to be weaponised.
Once they have it, they share it.
Across social media, private networks, and campaign documents, listing targets by postcode.
Then comes the knock at your door.
💔 The Moment of Truth
I’ve seen what happens after.
👨👩👧👦 The father who checks CCTV before his children leave for school.
🏡 The family-office principal who moved his elderly mother when her address was posted online.
🚪 The investor’s wife who no longer answers the door.
These aren’t people who scare easily. They’ve protected their families and reputations for years.
But when someone films your teenage daughter walking to the bus stop,
when activists chant your name outside your gate,
when your home becomes the stage for someone else’s campaign — everything changes.
❌ Your neighbours whisper.
❌ Your staff worry.
❌ Your family wonders whether that car parked down the street is watching.
⚖️ Where the Law Falls Short
The legal framework? Miles behind the threat.
The Online Safety Act covers false and threatening communications.
The Protection from Harassment Act covers persistent targeting.
But:
❌ A protest outside your home isn’t automatically illegal
❌ Publishing your address usually isn’t illegal
❌ Filming you on your doorstep isn’t illegal
By the time it crosses into something police can act on, your 12-year-old has already asked why those people were shouting at mummy or daddy, and your spouse is quietly researching houses under different names.
That’s exactly what activists count on.
They don’t need to break the law to break your sense of safety.
They just need to show up — and make you wonder what happens next.
⏰ What Happens Next
You can’t control which battles activists choose,
but you can control what they find when they come looking.
Every exposed detail — every historic address in Companies House,
every post revealing your travel patterns,
every public filing linking you to a property — is ammunition.
The families I work with who sleep soundly aren’t the ones with the biggest budgets.
They’re the ones who understood the threat early and took action before activists showed up with cameras and megaphones.
Because once your address is in activist networks, once your home has been filmed and shared, once your family has been targeted, you can’t undo it.
You can only wish you’d acted sooner.
🛡️ Your Next Step
At Defuse Global, we carry out a Digital Exposure Assessment — a discreet, expert analysis showing exactly what’s publicly available about you, your family, and your home.
✅ We show what’s exposed
✅ We show how to fix it
✅ We help close the gaps — fast
The time to do this isn’t after they’ve found you. It’s now.
👉 Book Your Personal Digital Exposure Assessment at [email protected]
