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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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Cancer patient sues medical provider after ransomware group posts her photos online

Cybercrime

Clouds form above the U.S. Capitol in between rain showers on the National Mall on March 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Hacker posts more D.C. Health Link data online, exposing lawmakers’ personal information

Cybercrime

A North Korean flag flies above their embassy in Beijing on February 12, 2013. (Ed JONES / AFP)

North Korean hackers used polished LinkedIn profiles to target security researchers

Geopolitics

The DC Health Link breach could have exposed the sensitive personal information of Congress and their staff. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

DC health exchange breach affects former national security official, Congress

Government

Protests in Iran, which started with the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after being detained on the grounds that she did not comply with the headscarf rules, continue at the Iranian consulate on October 31, 2022 in İstanbul, Turkey. (Omer Kuscu/ dia images via Getty Images)

Iran-linked hackers used fake Atlantic Council-affiliated persona to target human rights researchers

Threats

An Israeli flag flies in a street in front of the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the patriarches, in the occupied West Bank town of Hebron, on May 26, 2022. (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel blames prolific Iranian-linked hacking group for February university hack

Geopolitics

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‘A year of cyberwar’ with Russia: An inside look from a top Ukrainian cybersecurity official

Geopolitics

The National Opera of Ukraine building in downtown Kyiv on Feb. 23 illuminated by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter to commemorate the victims of Russias full scale invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/Getty Images)

A year after Russia’s invasion, the scope of cyberwar in Ukraine comes into focus

Geopolitics

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Russian national accused of developing, selling malware appears in U.S. court

Cybercrime