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Ransomware group exploits Parler’s hands-off approach to shake down victims

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Jake Pitre is a researcher and writer based in Montreal. He is a PhD candidate at Concordia University, and he has been published at The Globe and Mail, Motherboard, Observer, i-D, and more. You can find him on Twitter @jakeadampitre.

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