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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Jeep vehicles are delivered to a dealership on June 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. A cyber attack on CDK Global, a software provider that helps dealerships manage sales and service, has crippled the workflow at approximately 15,000 dealerships across the United States and Canada. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Wallets tied to CDK ransom group received $25 million two days after attack

Cybercrime

Former President Donald Trump gives a speech on tax reform at the Heritage Foundation’s President’s Club Meeting at a hotel in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2017. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Hacktivists release two gigabytes of Heritage Foundation data

Cybercrime

An aerial view of the building of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, also known as the Main Intellegence Directorate, or GRU, July 06, 2023, in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Russian national indicted for role in cyberattacks on Ukraine

Geopolitics

Members of the People’s Liberation Army flag honour guard march in Tiananmen Square after the closing session of the NPC, or National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 11, 2024 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Chinese hackers are increasingly deploying ransomware, researchers say

Geopolitics

A car hauler passes a Chevrolet dealership on June 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

US car dealers are feeling the pain of CDK cyberattack

Cybersecurity

Hacker with covered face in his operating room with multiple displays. (Sutthichai Supapornpasupad/Getty Images)

Chinese-aligned hacking group targeted more than a dozen government agencies, researchers find

Geopolitics

Screenshot from a video shared by by the Spanish National Police Corps documenting their arrest of a 22-year-old British national on cybercrime charges. (Spanish National Police Corps)

British national with possible links to high-profile phishing campaigns arrested in Spain

Cybercrime

Tulips bloom against a backdrop of high-rise buildings on May 3, 2018, in The Hague, Netherlands. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images)

Chinese cyber espionage campaign targets ‘dozens’ of Western governments, Dutch officials say

Geopolitics

Hacker illustration (Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images)

As many as 165 companies ‘potentially exposed’ in Snowflake-related attacks, Mandiant says

Cybercrime