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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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland arrives to deliver remarks at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. on March 21, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

US and UK accuse China of cyber operations targeting domestic politics

Geopolitics

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., delivers remarks during a Rules Committee hearing at the Russell Senate Office Building on Nov. 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Top Democrat proposes minimum cybersecurity standards in wake of Change Healthcare attack

Government

The Russians attacked Kyiv this morning with 31 missiles, causing at least 10 injuries, although the information is still not completely clear on March 21, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Adri Salido/Getty Images)

Russian military intelligence may have deployed wiper against multiple Ukrainian ISPs

Geopolitics

Close up view of internet equipment and cables in the server room. (standret/Getty Images)

Researchers spot updated version of malware that hit Viasat

Geopolitics

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., questions leaders from the U.S. intelligence community during an open hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Health care groups resist cybersecurity rules in wake of landmark breach

Ransomware

Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray, Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about global threats against the United States on March 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Intelligence officials warn pace of innovation in AI threatens US

AI

The concept of financial security, personal data hacking (Anton Petrus/Getty Images)

Ransomware group behind Change Healthcare attack goes dark

Ransomware

Data center with abstract connections. (imaginima/Getty Images).

Predator spyware infrastructure taken down after exposure

Threats

Close-up of a female pharmacist searching for prescription medicine in storage rack. (Luis Alvarez/Getty Images)

ALPHV website goes down amid growing fallout from Change Healthcare attack

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