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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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Scott Farquhar, Atlassian co-founder and co-CEO at the Australian Parliament House on Sept. 1, 2022. (Photo by Martin Ollman/Getty Images)

After apparent hack, data from Australian tech giant Atlassian dumped online

Cybercrime

Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

US government launches ‘strike force’ to combat Chinese and Russian technology threats

Geopolitics

A woman looks at a smartphone in front of part of a graffiti on a wall depicting an anti-tank missile, reading “The only target”, in Kyiv, on Jan. 25. (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Hacks, leaks and wipers: Google analyzes a year of Russian cyberattacks on Ukraine

Geopolitics

An exterior view of the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters, July 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Russian cybersecurity expert convicted of charges in $90M hack-to-trade case

Geopolitics

A general view taken from the Mount of Olives shows an Israeli flag with houses in Jerusalem’s predominantly Arab neighbourhood of Silwan appearing in the background, on January 2, 2023. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

New cybercrime group calling itself DarkBit attacks Israeli university

Threats

The US Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, DC, January 19, 2023 — The US Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, DC, January 19, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

US, UK sanction members of ‘notorious cyber gang’ TrickBot

Cybercrime

Royal Mail hack — A LockBit ransomware group attacked Royal Mail in January. The hackers threatened to release data this week if the ransom isn’t paid. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

After Hive takedown, could the LockBit ransomware crew be the next to fall?

Cybercrime

Iranians lift pictures of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an anti-France rally, in reaction to cartoons depicting Khamenei published by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, after the Friday prayer ceremony in the capital Tehran on January 13, 2023. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Sanctioned Iranian hackers behind Charlie Hebdo breach, Microsoft says

Cybercrime

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Cybercrime groups offer six-figure salaries, bonuses, paid time off to attract talent on dark web

Cybercrime