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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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The concept of financial security, personal data hacking (Anton Petrus/Getty Images)

Ransomware group behind Change Healthcare attack goes dark

Cybercrime

Data center with abstract connections. (imaginima/Getty Images).

Predator spyware infrastructure taken down after exposure

Threats

Close-up of a female pharmacist searching for prescription medicine in storage rack. (Luis Alvarez/Getty Images)

ALPHV website goes down amid growing fallout from Change Healthcare attack

Cybercrime

A conceptual image of CCTV cameras spying on a laptop computer with message bubbles. — A conceptual image of CCTV cameras spying on a laptop computer with message bubbles. (J Studios via GettyImages)

Predator spyware endures even after widespread exposure, analysis shows

Threats

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Notorious ransomware group claims responsibility for attacks roiling US pharmacies

Cybercrime

A picture taken from the plain of Khiam shows a man waving an Iranian flag as smoke rises from burning dry grass, following skirmishes between Lebanese youths and Israeli soldiers, at a rally to mark the 23rd anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, on May 25, 2023. (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran hacking group impersonates defense firms, hostage campaigners

Government

Digital illustration of data encryption. (dem10 via GettyImages)

LockBit claims a comeback less than a week after major disruption

Cybercrime

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech standing in front of the monument “Fatherland, Valor, Honor” outside of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR) in Moscow on June 30, 2022. (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

Five Eyes nations warn of evolving Russian cyberespionage practices targeting cloud environments

Geopolitics

Image posted to the seized LockBit website Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 (CyberScoop).

After LockBit takedown, police try to sow doubt in cybercrime community

Cybercrime