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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 cruise boat sails on the Moskva river past the Kremlin on a frosty day in central Moscow on November 21, 2023. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Prolific Russian hacking unit using custom backdoor for the first time

Geopolitics

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler testifies before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee July 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Bitcoin price jumps after hackers hijack SEC Twitter account

Government

High-voltage power transition lines are seen at sunset. (Anton Petrus/Getty Images)

AI is helping US spies catch stealthy Chinese hacking ops, NSA official says

AI

The US District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Former BreachForums admin to be jailed until Jan. 19 sentencing

Cybercrime

People walk past a store of Kyivstar, a Ukrainian telecommunications company, in Kyiv on December 12, 2023. (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP)

Russian hackers reportedly breached telecom network months before attack

Geopolitics

OTTAWA, CANADA: The United States Embassy building is viewed from the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel on June 30, 2012 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

The FBI is adding more cyber-focused agents to U.S. embassies

Geopolitics

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Microsoft seizes infrastructure of top cybercrime group

Cybercrime

A woman walks by a Kyivstar store, a Ukrainian telecommunications company, in Kyiv on December 12, 2023. Ukraine’s main phone operator denounced an act of “war” on December 12, 2023 after the hacker attack that led to large-scale failures in its services. (Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV / AFP / Getty Images)

Ukraine’s largest mobile communications provider down after apparent cyber attack

Cybersecurity

Flag of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Manuel Augusto Moreno)

North Korean hacking ops continue to exploit Log4Shell

Geopolitics