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


Mikael Thalen

two panel image of Donald Trump holding up a photo in the oval office and being interviewed in the oval office on another occassion.

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Trump admits he based deporation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia on picture that isn’t real

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‘We need a new flood’: Lindsey Graham tells Catholics to get behind Trump for Pope push

Photo collage image of Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon, and the symbol of women.

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Pete Hegseth accidentally blasts Rubio, Noem as woke feminist lefties while repealing their Pentagon initiative

Two panel image with deep fake girl on left and Thomas Massie on right.

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Congress overwhelmingly passes bill criminalizing AI revenge videos—despite censorship, abuse warnings

Photo of the Moon with a blue glow; Photo of @KamVTV

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Trump’s first ‘new media’ briefing hosts influencer who spent 7 days convinced the moon had disappeared

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I built a cell phone surveillance detector for $20 and you can too

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Report on deadly Blackhawk crash kicks off new smear campaign against deceased Army pilot

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Trump fans gloat over FBI arrest of judge with ‘crying’ AI mugshot

Pete Hegseth in front of Pentagon building with makeup on.

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No one is buying Pete Hegseth’s adamant denial of Pentagon ‘makeup studio’ report

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Far-right turns on Jordan Peterson for calling out its use of ‘Christ is King’

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‘We aren’t going to get a thing’: MAGA hits a breaking point after Trump’s latest Epstein non-answer

Screenshot of SEC Chairman Paul Atkin from PBS News; Background: Photo composite of a hacker, stocks, and bitcoins,

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The White House accidentally plugged a crypto scammer instead of its new SEC chair

Official Senate photo of Senator Markwayne Mullin.

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GOP senator caught cowering during Capitol riot mocked for declaring he will take a bullet for Pete Hegseth

Photo collage image of JD Vance. Text over: why don't you wear a suit.

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Did JD Vance get called out for not wearing a suit just like MAGA did to Zelensky?

Photo Illustration of Jeff Bezos in a crosswalk sign in front of the skyline in Seattle.

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Seattle crosswalks hacked to play AI message from Jeff Bezos—days after Silicon Valley-Musk prank