Christian Vasquez

Christian covers industrial cybersecurity for CyberScoop News. He previously wrote for E&E News at POLITICO covering cybersecurity in the energy sector. Reach out via Signal at 915-412-0561.

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Electric vehicle charging station sign, Los Angeles, CA. (Getty Images)

Vulnerabilities could let hackers remotely shut down EV chargers, steal electricity

Research

A congressional staff member in the Cannon House Office Building on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cybercriminals scam two federal agencies via remote desktop tool, CISA warns

Threats

Chinese flag made by children holding up colored boards in North Korea on Sept. 6, 2012. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art In All Of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Chinese influence operations may lack critical element: influence

Research

A bull moose is shown. The moose is the mascot of the ShmooCon conference. (Getty Images)

Inside ShmooCon 2023: The wacky, the weird and, of course, the cybers

Research

The White House in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Caroline Purser/Getty Images)

Government watchdog: Feds fail to implement vast majority of cybersecurity recommendations

Government

Oil refinery — Getty Images

Too many default ‘admin1234’ passwords increase risk for industrial systems, research finds

Research

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Car hackers discover vulnerabilities that could let them hijack millions of vehicles

Research

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft passes over The Palms in Dubai in an image taken by ESA astronaut Tim Peake from the International Space Station on April 10, 2016. (Photo by Tim Peake / ESA/NASA via Getty Images)

Can these researchers help defend satellite systems targeted by hackers?

Research

An Oil Refining and Petrochemical facility. (Getty Images)

Russian hackers attempted to breach petroleum refining company in NATO country, researchers say

Research