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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An operator of the volunteer organization ‘Postup’ controls the flight of an UAV carrying a metal detector to search for mines near the town of Derhachi, Kharkiv region, on October 1, 2023. (SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)

Russian hackers offered phony drone training to exploit WinRAR vulnerability

Threats

KFAR AZA, ISRAEL – OCTOBER 10: Israeli soldiers patrol, searching for Palestinians militants near kibbutz Kfar Aza near the border with Gaza on October 10, 2023 in Kfar Gaza, Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Savvy Israel-linked hacking group reemerges amid Gaza fighting

Geopolitics

The logo of the DNA testing firm 23andMe is seen on a facade of a building in Mountain View, California, October 28, 2018. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

DNA testing service 23andMe investigating theft of user data

Privacy

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

Microsoft: State-backed hackers grow in sophistication, aggressiveness

Geopolitics

Polish and Romanian soldiers stand next to military vehicles and a NATO flag on the sidelines of a press conference of the Polish and Lithuanian president following a joint visit of the NATO Multinational Division North East mobile command center near Szypliszki village on July 7, 2022. (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

NATO investigating breach, leak of internal documents

Cybercrime

Flag of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. (Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images)

North Korean hackers posed as Meta recruiter on LinkedIn

Geopolitics

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Millions of files with potentially sensitive information exposed online, researchers say

Cybercrime

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