Crash Override Network is a pro bono^[1] support group for victims of large scale online abuse, including revenge porn and doxing.^[2][3][4][5] It was founded by game developers Zoë Quinn and Alex Lifschitz, and staffed by victims of online abuse whose identities are kept anonymous outside the group.^[6][7] Quinn and Lifschitz are victims of online abuse in the Gamergate controversy, having both received death threats and doxing attacks.^[8][9][10]

The founders of the organisation want it to be considered a conversation starter, a repository for addressing problems that others in and out of the gaming community "have long hoped would simply go away."^[10] The organisation's services are divided into three categories: ongoing assistance for victims, crisis centre support, and community outreach.^[2][11] They provide post-crisis counselling services,^[4] help seeking shelter,^[11] and access to experts in information security, white hat hacking, law enforcement, public relations and threat monitoring.^[2][7] The network tailors a unique plan of action for each victim^[11] and works with law enforcement, the media, and social media.^[11] They promise to help victims regardless of previous affiliations and ideology, including Gamergate supporters.^[4]

The group helped defuse a swatting attack by helping the target pre-emptively contact the police.^[6] Quinn said the launch of Crash Override Network led to a renewed and heightened campaign of abuse, and the website underwent daily hack attempts.^[3] In May 2015 the organisation became an official Twitter trusted safety resource.^[12]