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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Huge queues of trucks and cars are seen near the Polish-Ukrainian border on June 30, 2022. (JANEK SKARZYNSKI / AFP)

Notorious Russian military hacking crew behind October ransomware attacks on Ukraine, Poland

Geopolitics

Poll watchers and challengers sign in before observing Michigan election workers pre-sort ballots ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections in Detroit, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

The disinformation threat facing US midterms extends beyond Election Day

Government

Argentine pesos are withdrawn from an ATM. — Argentine pesos are withdrawn from an ATM in Buenos Aires on July 2, 2022. (JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)

Four-year cybercrime campaign targeting African banks netted $30 million

Threats

The US Treasury building in Washington, DC, on October 4, 2022. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Ransomware costs top $1 billion as White House inks new threat-sharing initiative

Threats

Demonstrators hold placards with the faces of Iranian women Nika Shahkarami and Masha Amini and the words “Woman Life Freedom” written during a rally in support of Iranian protests, in Paris on October 9, 2022, following the death of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in Iran. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. sanctions two Iranian cyber operatives over crackdowns on Mahsa Amini protests

Geopolitics

The U.S. Department of Justice. (bpperry/Getty Images)

Notorious hacker know as ‘Spdrman’ arraigned for role in Real Deal dark web marketplace

Threats

A large screen displays United States President Joe Biden, left, and China’s President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit as people walk by during the evening CCTV news broadcast outside a shopping mall on November 16, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Chinese influence operation seeks to sow political discord, ‘aggressively’ targets U.S. midterms

Geopolitics

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Grand jury indicts Ukrainian for role in vast Raccoon Infostealer cybercrime operation

Threats

People stage a protest on October 1, 2022 in Rome, following the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in Iran. (Photo by VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images)

Iranian government blames ‘foreign country’ for hack-and-leak of nuclear information

Geopolitics