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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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Tesla CEO Elon Musk smiles as he addresses guests at the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022. (Photo by CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

Twitter’s recommendation algorithm opens platform to manipulation, bot attacks, researcher finds

Technology

Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. (Getty Images)

‘They outsmarted us.’ 3CX CEO acknowledges mistakes handling potential supply chain cyberattack

Threats

Flags of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the foundational political party of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. (Getty Images)

Supply chain cyberattack with possible links to North Korea could have thousands of victims globally

Threats

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden greet President of Costa Rica Rodrigo Chaves Robles and wife Signe Zeicate as they arrive for the 9th Summit of the Americas at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles on June 8, 2022. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

White House announces $25 million in cybersecurity aid to Costa Rica

Government

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Google reveals two global spyware campaigns targeting Apple and Android devices

Threats

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The FBI’s BreachForums bust is causing ‘chaos in the cybercrime underground’

Cybercrime

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Stealthy hacks show advancements in China’s cyberespionage operations, researchers say

Geopolitics

The D.C Health Link breach affected members of Congress, seen here at the Jan. 7 swearing in ceremony in the House Chamber, as well as their families and thousands of people in the Washington area. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Hacker tied to D.C. Health Link breach says attack ‘born out of Russian patriotism’

Cybercrime

Destroyed electricity network cables in the city of Lyman, eastern Ukraine on December 23, 2022. (Photo by SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images)

Microsoft: Russian hackers may be readying new wave of destructive attacks

Geopolitics