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Andrew Couts is the former editor of Layer 8, a section dedicated to the intersection of the Internet and the state—and the gaps in between. Prior to the Daily Dot, Couts served as features editor and features writer for Digital Trends, associate editor of TheWeek.com, and associate editor at Maxim magazine. When he’s not working, Couts can be found hiking with his German shepherds or blasting around on motorcycles.

Andrew Couts

4chan and Reddit bombarded debate polls to declare Trump the winner

Daily Dot Contributor

After massive Yahoo hack, a new way to think about security questions

Yahoo confirms breach affecting 500 million accounts

Unclick

Clinton campaign releases official statement on Pepe meme

Study finds politically marginalized groups around the world are being systematically cut off from internet access

Dell Cameron was a reporter at the Daily Dot who covered security and politics. In 2015, he revealed the existence of an American hacker on the U.S. government&#8217;s terrorist watchlist. He is a co-author of the Sabu Files, an award-nominated investigation into the FBI&#8217;s use of cyber-informants. He became a staff writer at Gizmodo in 2017.

Dell Cameron

WikiLeaks release excludes evidence of €2 billion transfer from Syria to Russia

Sam White’s incredible hustle as an ally

Putin downplays DNC hack as Clinton calls for military action over cyberattacks

Trump’s son spreads hoax ‘WikiLeaks’ letter implicating Clinton in polling bribe

Patrick Howell O&#8217;Neill is a notable cybersecurity reporter whose work has focused on the dark net, national security, and law enforcement. A former senior writer at the Daily Dot, O&#8217;Neill joined CyberScoop in October 2016.
I am a cybersecurity journalist at CyberScoop. I cover the security industry, national security and law enforcement.

Patrick Howell O’Neill

Culture

Police bust $2.26 million dark net drug ring in Finland

FBI authorized informants to break the law 22,800 times in 4 years

The slow creep and chilling effect of China’s censorship

Jill Stein effectively tied with Harambe in Texas, actual poll shows

Hackers claim to be selling NSA cyberweapons in online auction

Here are all the prominent Republicans who refuse to endorse Trump

Politics