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 mural near the Giraffe shopping mall depicting two girls drawing a lightning bolt in the colors of the Ukrainian flag on September 25, 2023 in Bucha, Ukraine. (Photo by Andrii Nesterenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Russian hacking operations target Ukrainian law enforcement

Geopolitics

Caesars Palace — (Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images)

Youth hacking ring at the center of cybercrime spree

Cybercrime

The facade of the headquarters of the African Union is pictured on March 13, 2019, in Addis Ababa. Technology supplied by Chinese firms to the structure is believed to have enabled espionage by Beijing of the multinational body. (LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)

New threat intel effort to study ‘undermonitered’ regions

Geopolitics

The exterior of Ceasars Palace Hotel & Casino is viewed on March 2, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

Groups linked to Las Vegas cyber attacks are prolific criminal hacking gangs

Cybercrime

Iranian flag waving with cityscape on background in Tehran, Iran. (Sir Francis Canker Photography/Getty Images)

Microsoft: Iranian espionage campaign targeted satellite and defense sectors

Geopolitics

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

US, UK take action against members of the Russian-linked Trickbot hacker syndicate

Cybercrime

The Chinese national flag flies outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on July 26, 2023. (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

China turns to AI in hopes of creating viral online propaganda, Microsoft researchers say

Geopolitics

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Researchers identify high-grade phishing kits attacking nearly 60,000 Microsoft 365 accounts

Cybercrime

A portrait of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being detained on the grounds she did not comply with the headscarf rules, near the Iranian consulate on Oct. 31, 2022, in İstanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Omer Kuscu/ dia images via Getty Images)

Hackers push anti-Iranian government messages to millions via breached app

Geopolitics