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


Mikael Thalen

You’ve been hacked. What do you do next? 

Donald Trump wears a new gold on black "Make America Great Again" hat. Behind him is a gold and black American flag.

Trump wore a gold-and-black MAGA hat—critics think it’s a secret signal to the Proud Boys

Donald Trump and American Flag with Q painted on it

QAnon crowd explodes after Trump says he and Matt Gaetz have a ‘little secret’ that will swing the election

Painting of George Floyd with people below and graphics in the background

George Floyd chatbots pop up on AI site already facing criticism for lack of oversight

MAGA influencers hype ‘deepfake’ fears as rumors of lewd Trump video circulate

Catturd demands Hunter nudes after Biden calls for Trump imprisonment

Donald Trump, McDonalds Arches over e-coli petri dish background

‘What an amazing coincidence’: MAGA thinks E. Coli outbreak at McDonald’s is a CDC plot to harm Trump

two panel image. Laura Loomer on the left and Bill Maher on the right.

Laura Loomer sues Bill Maher for $150 million—says Trump affair claim destroyed her ‘reputation’

Jelly Roll pledged to ‘expose’ the music industry—now conspiracy theorists are mad at his revelations

RFK Jr and Donald Trump in front of McDonald's arches

RFK Jr. forced to defend fast food as ‘American culture’ after Trump works McDonald’s shift

Leonardo DiCaprio (l) P Diddy(r) There is text that says One Dumb Conspiracy in the bottom right corner in a Daily Dot newsletter web_crawlr font.

This fake shirtless photo of Leonardo DiCaprio at a Diddy party is driving QAnon wild

Kamala Harris and Alex Soros with happy birthday tweet

‘Stop posting photos’: Liberals plead with Alex Soros to log off as Harris, Walz tributes draw backlash

Conspiracy theorists using AI chatbots to try and prove QAnon is real

QAnon believers blown away by ChatGPT ‘proof’ conspiracy is real

Tim Walz side profile against a black backdrop.