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).

Articles by Author

Stickers sit on a table at a polling location on November 8, 2022 in Atlanta, United States. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Cyberattack hits Georgia county at center of voting software breach

Cybersecurity

An Iranian flag waves in a wind outside the Vienna International Centre hosting the United Nations (UN) headquarters and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as the socalled EU 5+1 talks with Iran take place in Vienna, on July 3, 2014. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Iranian nationals charged with hacking U.S. companies, Treasury and State departments

Geopolitics

Stock photo of patient medical files (David Sacks/Getty Images)

Stolen Change Healthcare data could contain information on ‘a substantial portion’ of Americans

Cybercrime

The building of the UN City is pictured in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 24, 2024. The UN City is located in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn and houses 11 UN organizations with 1,500 employees from over 100 nationalities (Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT

‘Large volume’ of data stolen from UN agency after ransomware attack

Cybercrime

The Russian flag flies at the embassy’s compound in Washington, DC, on April 15, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Mandiant: Notorious Russian hacking unit linked to breach of Texas water facility

Geopolitics

Photo of monitor while downloading a file from the “Internet to My Computer”. (spxChrome/Getty Images)

Decade-old malware haunts Ukrainian police

Geopolitics

An opened orange lock stands out against a suite of locked green locks in this photo illustration. (MirageC via Getty Images)

Sisense breach exposes customers to potential supply chain attack

Cybersecurity

visitor walks past US multinational telecommunications AT&T logo during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 26, 2024. (Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)

Personal information of millions of AT&T customers leaked online

Cybercrime

Hacker using laptop. Lots of digits on the computer screen. (seksan Mongkhonkhamsao/Getty Images)

Extortion group threatens to sell Change Healthcare data

Cybercrime