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 seal reading "Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation" is displayed on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022. — (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian, Kazakhstani men living in Miami indicted over cybercrime training service

Cybercrime

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

Major Iranian IT vendor paying large ransom to resolve recent cyberattack

Cybercrime

Cars drive past the headquarters of the Russian General Staff’s Main Intelligence Department (GRU) in Moscow on December 30, 2016. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. charges five Russian military members for destructive cyber ops, hack-and-leak campaigns

Threats

Planned Parenthood signage on August 19th 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Bill Tompkins/Getty Images)

Planned Parenthood of Montana confirms cyberattack

Ransomware

Traffic streaks past the Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters building late in the evening on May 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Nigerian man sentenced to 5 years for role in BEC operation

Cybercrime

A seal for the Department of Justice is seen on a podium ahead of a news conference with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland at the Department of Justice Building on March 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Feds arrest Latvian man accused of extorting Karakurt victims

Cybercrime

An entrance sign stands near Halliburton Headquarters on June 15, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Halliburton confirms cyber incident in SEC filing

Cybercrime

A picture taken on September 21, 2016 shows a statue donated by Google during its inauguration in Montelimar, as Google decided to launch a new version of the android operating system. (JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)

Google to wind down app store bug bounty

Technology

An Iranian flag is carried around the Azadi (Freedom) monument tower during the annual rally commemorating Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

OpenAI bans accounts linked to ‘covert Iranian influence operation’

Geopolitics