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Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Release our men’: Far-right used power grid threats to try and blackmail government into freeing neo-Nazi  bank robbery suspects

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EXCLUSIVE: Hacking tool Flipper Zero tracked by intelligence agencies, which fear white nationalists may deploy it against power grid

David Covucci is the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications. He is particularly interested in hearing any tips you have. Reach out at dcovucci@thedailydot.com.

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EXCLUSIVE: Inside election officials’ frantic scramble to fix the Fat Bear Week voter fraud scandal

Aaron Sankin is a former Senior Staff Writer at the Daily Dot who covered the intersection of politics, technology, online privacy, Twitter bots, and the role of dank memes in popular culture. He lives in Seattle, Washington. He joined the Center for Investigative Reporting in 2016.

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How a video game about sheep exposes the FBI’s broken FOIA system

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Police documents reveal how law enforcement keep Stingray use secret

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Inside one transparency activist’s multi-year quest to crack the NSA’s CryptoKids

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I asked the NSA for its file on me, and here’s what I got back

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