AJ Vicens

AJ was a senior reporter for CyberScoop covering nation-state threats and cybercrime. He was previously a reporter at Mother Jones.

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This illustration photo shows Heather Morgan, also known as “Razzlekhan,” on a phone in front of the Bitcoin logo displayed on a screen, in Washington, DC, February 9, 2022. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

NYC couple pleaded guilty to money laundering in Bitfinex hack

Cybercrime

Amit Yoran, CEO of Tenable, testified about encryption policies at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 19, 2016. At the time, he was president of RSA Security. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Tenable CEO accuses Microsoft of negligence in addressing security flaw

Threats

Cloud or data center. (mesh cube/Getty Images)

US internet hosting company appears to facilitate global cybercrime, researchers say

Geopolitics

This illustration picture shows icons of Google’s AI app BardAI, OpenAI’s app ChatGPT and other AI apps on a smartphone screen. (Photo by OLIVIER MORIN / AFP)

FBI warns of broad AI threats facing tech companies and the public

Technology

Participants wave the NATO flag at Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland, on April 4, 2023. (Photo by MARKKU ULANDER/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images)

NATO investigating apparent breach of unclassified information sharing platform

Cybercrime

FBI director nominee Christopher Wray. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Top FBI officials warn of ‘unparalleled’ threat from China and AI

Cybercrime

The Apple Inc logo is displayed outside a retail store at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California on March 20, 2023. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Apple issues third mobile OS update after zero-click spyware campaign

Geopolitics

A North Korean flag flutters in the propaganda village of Gijungdong as seen from South Korea’s Taesungdong freedom village, in the Demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas in Paju on September 30, 2019. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

Latest North Korean hack targeting cryptocurrency shows troubling evolution, experts say

Geopolitics

An OnlyFans sign in Las Vegas. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for OnlyFans)

Pro-Russian hacktivists increase focus on Western targets. The latest is OnlyFans.

Threats