The Tim Pool/Tenet Media story is obviously fascinating. But... An FBI affidavit unsealed this week says the Russians are maintaining an active list of 2,800 influencers, 600 of whom are in the US The FBI has not released the list Who else is on it? wired.com/story/project-…

We analyzed hundreds of deleted Youtube videos of right-wing influencers working for Tenet Media—a company the DOJ alleges was financed and guided by a state-backed Russian news network. Here's what the paid influencers talked about: wired.com/story/influenc…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Roach worked for a secretive right-wing law firm founded by a former Clarence Thomas clerk which is consulting on an anti-trans Supreme Court case. Then we asked him about his decades-long history of racist and antisemitic posts wired.com/story/lawfair-…

NEW: National security and extremism experts tell me that Elon Musk's now-deleted tweet about Biden/Harris may have lasting ramifications both for him and the US given its potential to inspire further acts of political violence. wired.com/story/elon-mus…

I spoke with WIRED about Elon’s very normal (and since deleted) assassination tweet and the state of political violence in the United States today. We’ve seen this story before, and unfortunately we know how it usually ends.

NEW: A second wave of attacks hit Hezbollah members in Lebanon today. This time, it's exploding walkie-talkies—and reports just emerged of home solar systems detonating. Lily Hay Newman and . report: wired.com/story/walkie-t…

I have a Hollywood-shaped exclusive reveal on WIRED — *28 Years Later*, Danny Boyle's zombie flick due for release next year was shot on iPhone, the biggest movie to date filmed with smartphones. Crew signed NDAs; I still got the scoop. wired.com/story/28-years…

Hackers showed me (there's video) how a web bug let them locate, unlock, honk the horn, start ignition of any of millions Kias in seconds, just by reading a car's license plate. They found similar bugs for a dozen carmakers over the last two years. wired.com/story/kia-web-…

NEW: License plate readers are enabling private investigators and police to track vehicles with political bumper stickers and homes with lawn signs w/ . wired.com/story/license-…

NEW: In the wake of #Terrorgram charges and Pavel Durov's arrest, neo-Nazi groups are fleeing Telegram and have found a new home on an unknown, privacy-focused app called SimpleX. One of its investors is Jack Dorsey wired.com/story/neo-nazi…

In 2020, IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan seized 69,370 bitcoins stolen from the Silk Road drug market. Now, as those coins are set to be sold off by the US gov—$4.4 billion, the biggest criminal seizure ever to flow into the treasury—he's in jail in Nigeria. wired.com/story/4-4-bill…

NEW: The Kamala Harris campaign is streaming a rally tonight from Arizona alongside World of Warcraft gameplay. More here from me on the Harris x preheat collab: wired.com/story/tim-walz…

I recently spoke with Andy Greenberg (@agreenberg at the other places) from WIRED, who did a profile that dives into my journey over the past few years. It was a great experience to reflect on the evolution of my investigations. wired.com/story/meet-zac…

SCOOP: Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk’s Get-Out-the-Vote Effort Paid canvassers in Michigan were hauled into a U-Haul van with no rear seating, threatened with money being withheld for their motel rooms & more WIRED wired.com/story/elon-mus…

good morning and happy election week! a lot from WIRED this morning! first, follow along with the politics team as we live blog our way through it all week-- wired.com/live/us-electi…

I went for dinner with Oath Keepers on the eve of the election. We talked guns, surviving civil war, and the threat of violence around tomorrow's election With Tess Owen wired.com/story/oath-kee…

Are you following the WIRED live blog? You....should! cc Tess Owen wired.com/live/us-electi…

Donald Trump owes at least part of his victory to the manosphere—the amorphous assortment of influencers who are mostly young, exclusively male, and increasingly the deeply popular drivers of the remaining online monoculture. read Brian Barrett: wired.com/story/donald-t…

Donald Trump's far-right fans are emboldened by his victory, calling for the execution of his political opponents and spreading memes about "rape squads" wired.com/story/donald-t…

Exclusive over at Bleeding Edge: Kyle Christopher Benton, ex-soldier & prolific Neo-Nazi propagandist in the Pacific Northwest, arrested by feds on firearms charges. Benton, per court records, is a Terrorgram Collective member. (behind the paywall) bleeding-edge.ghost.io/kyle-benton-te…