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 logo of US company Microsoft is displayed during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 22, 2024. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP / Getty Images)

Microsoft rolls back ‘dumbest cybersecurity move in a decade’

Technology

In this photo illustration, A ticketmaster website is shown on a computer screen on November 18, 2022 in Miami, Florida.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Entertainment giant Ticketmaster acknowledges cybersecurity incident

Cybercrime

Seizure notice announcing “Operation Endgame.” (Europol)

Global police operation strikes against malware infrastructure

Cybercrime

A woman passes by flags of the European Union outside the European commission headquarters in Brussels, on May 23, 2024, ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP / Getty Images)

Phones of journalists and activists in Europe targeted with Pegasus

Threats

Global communication network on a glowing particle world map. (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)

Chinese national arrested for operating proxy service linked to billions in cybercrime

Cybercrime

Studio shot of an unrecognizable person wearing a dark hoodie standing against a black background. (shapecharge/Getty Images)

Potent youth cybercrime ring made up of 1,000 people, FBI official says

Cybercrime

Credit cards and dollar bills. a blue plastic bank card is lying on a pile of American dollars. ( Diy13/Getty Images)

Moroccan cybercrime group impersonates nonprofits and abuses cloud services to rake in gift card cash

Cybercrime

Internet connector into a LAN router switch. (Yori Meirizan/Getty Images)

Chinese-linked hacking units increasingly use ‘ORBs’ to obfuscate espionage, researchers say

Geopolitics

In a photo taken on April 18, 2019, people stand before computer screens in a lobby of the Grand People’s Study House in Pyongyang. (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

Arizona woman arrested and charged in North Korean IT worker scheme

Threats