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AJ Vicens

AJ covers nation-state threats and cybercrime. He was previously a reporter at Mother Jones. Get in touch via Signal/WhatsApp: (810-206-9411).

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BreachForums replacement emerges as robust forum for criminal hackers to trade their spoils

Cybercrime

Opponents of several bills targeting transgender youth attended a rally at the Alabama State House in Montgomery on March 30, 2021. (Photo by Julie Bennett/Getty Images)

Hacking crew targeting states over transition bans claims cyberattack hitting global satellite systems

Cybercrime

A Russian police officer guards the Red Square near the Kremlin, June 24, 2023, in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Russian telecom confirms hack after group backing Wagner boasted about an attack

Geopolitics

Activists hold a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin near Red Square in Moscow, on June 24, 2023. President Vladimir Putin on June 24, 2023 said an armed mutiny by Wagner mercenaries was a “stab in the back” and that the group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had betrayed Russia, as he vowed to punish the dissidents. Prigozhin said his fighters control key military sites in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hackers attack Russian satellite telecom provider, claim affiliation with Wagner Group

Geopolitics

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a meeting with Cuba’s president Miguel Diaz Canel (out of frame) at the Revolution Palace in Havana, on June 15, 2023. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

The potent cyber adversary threatening to further inflame Iranian politics

Geopolitics

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Apple issues emergency patch to address alleged spyware vulnerability

Threats

Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the National Security Division Matt Olsen left a meeting with Congressional leadership on Feb. 28 in Washington. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

DOJ establishes cybercrime enforcement unit as U.S. warnings mount over Chinese hacking

Cybercrime

BLAHODATNE, UKRAINE: Soldiers of the 68th Jaeger Brigade “Oleksa Dovbush” stand in the Palace of culture in the newly liberated village on June 10, 2023 in Blahodatne, Ukraine.(Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Pro-Russian hackers remain active amid Ukraine counteroffensive

Geopolitics

Flags of Department of Energy and USA painted on cracked wall. (Getty Images)

Two Energy Department entities breached as part of massive MOVEit compromise

Threats