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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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A picture taken on April 15, 2021 shows a self-driving car, developed by Russian internet giant Yandex, at the company’s parking lot in Moscow. (Photo by YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Racial slurs discovered in leaked Yandex source code

Cybercrime

People walk among the damage to an industrial area in Kyiv following a morning missile strike that left one person dead and two wounded on Jan. 26 in Kyiv. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Russia’s Sandworm hackers blamed in fresh Ukraine malware attack

Geopolitics

A youth cycles along the pavement next to a large banner depicting the flag of Saudi Arabia on December 29, 2022. (Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images)

Pro-Iranian hacking group focused on Saudi Arabia, researchers say

Geopolitics

Amy Edwards demonstrated against the live entertainment ticket industry outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 24 as the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony about the impact of the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Live Nation blames bots and an ‘attack’ for Taylor Swift fiasco

Government

Photo illustration by Jonathan Clark/Scoop News Group

The politics and power of Latin American hacktivists Guacamaya

Special

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GitHub disables pro-Russian hacktivist DDoS pages

Cybercrime

The Vietnamese flag. — The Vietnamese flag. (Photo by LIU JIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Dark Pink, a newly discovered hacking campaign, threatens Southeast Asian military, government organizations

Geopolitics

A French ATM. (FRED TANNEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

French-speaking cybercriminals continue attacks on African banks

Threats

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testifies before a House Homeland Security subcommittee on April 28 in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Insiders worry CISA is too distracted from critical cyber mission

Government