AJ Vicens
@ajvicens.bsky.social
Cybersecurity correspondent at Reuters; former Mother Jones, CyberScoop. Will bore you with skateboarding, UFO lore or Denver Broncos minutiae on request. Signal: ajvicens.57, additional contact methods: https://tinyurl.com/47jc45h7
"How ICE and a data center turned a small Pittsburgh suburb into a civic battleground" @publicsource.org www.publicsource.org/how-ice-and-...
How ICE and a data center turned a small Pittsburgh suburb into a civic battleground
At the intersection of two major issues in the United States, Springdale stands divided. Now residents, organizers and local leaders are asking about policing, power and accountability.
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US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/us-has...
EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the...
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A lot happening in #water atm. @ajvicens.bsky.social provides a good recap of the last few days in this new piece in @reuters.com: CISA, FBI warns hackers are increasingly targeting water systems www.reuters.com/world/us-cyb... #CyberSecurity @gate15.bsky.social @threatbeatnews.bsky.social
US cyber defense agency warns hackers are increasingly targeting water systems
The U.S. government’s civilian cyber defense agency on Thursday warned of a significant increase in hackers targeting technology used to maintain and control water and wastewater systems, and said op...
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
EXCLUSIVE: Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drone attacks on CIA facilities in the Gulf have prompted U.S. intelligence analysts to investigate whether Russia assisted by providing targeting information or advanced drone technology, sa...
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French mayor taken from his home and placed under protection after drug gang threats www.reuters.com/world/french...
French mayor taken from his home and placed under protection after drug gang threats
A mayor in southern France was whisked from his home during the night and placed in police protection after authorities got wind of a potential attack against him by the country's top drug gang, off...
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Netanyahu will not be arrested in US, Trump says, as New York mayor mulls options - www.reuters.com/world/us/net...
Netanyahu will not be arrested in US, Trump says, as New York mayor mulls options
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested when he visits the U.S., after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was still consi...
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Trump claims voting by noncitizens is rampant in America. The numbers tell another story. - www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Trump claims voting by noncitizens is rampant in America. The numbers tell another story.
Federal prosecutors have charged just 129 people under a federal “voting by aliens” statute. Many of these incidents appear to stem from voter confusion, miscommunication with election officials or ad...
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Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.
WIRED@wired.com · 3w agoYesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.
Europe-wide excess deaths from the June heatwave now expected to be in six digits
Iran tells Houthis to close Red Sea gateway if US hits power network, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/middle...
EXCLUSIVE: Iran tells Houthis to close Red Sea gateway if US hits power network, sources say
Iran has asked Yemen’s Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian power infrastructure, three sources told Reuters, posing a potent new threat ...
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The Scattered Spider TfL hackers were each sentenced to five years and six months' imprisonment. www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/two-sen...
Two sentenced for hacking Transport for London in UK’s biggest ever cyber crime case
Two young men have been sentenced for launching a cyber attack on Transport for London (TfL) which cost tens of millions...
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New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims - www.reuters.com/world/meta-u...
Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims
Twenty-six former employees of Meta Platforms have filed a lawsuit against the tech company, accusing it of using AI-powered software that disproportionately targeted people with disabilities or who...
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Tracking Western Europe's heatwave www.reuters.com/graphics/CLI...
1/ Today @milenkowski.bsky.social from @sentinellabs.bsky.social and I are publishing a project we've been working on over the past few months. We found suspected China- and India-linked espionage actors independently targeting the same victim: #Balochistan Police in #Pakistan. s1.ai/spy2flags
One Target, Two Flags | Rival Espionage Actors Converge On Pakistani Law Enforcement
China and India ran separate espionage operations against the same Pakistani police force, each drawn by different stakes in Pakistan's internal security.
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Check out our latest blog post, "The Next WannaCry Won’t Look Like WannaCry: Nine Years Later, Ransomware Has Evolved. The Resilience Fundamentals Haven’t." #cybersecurity @andyjabbour.bsky.social gate15.global/the-next-wan...
The Next WannaCry Won’t Look Like WannaCry: Nine Years Later, Ransomware Has Evolved. The Resilience Fundamentals Haven’t. | Gate 15
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Huntress denies inside threat rumor once again Says no evidence, from its investigation and a law enforcement one, was found to support the claims www.huntress.com/blog/insider...
These Recent Insider Threat Allegations | Huntress
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The US Supreme Court refused to let Donald Trump fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as it stood firm to preserve the central bank's cherished independence against an unprecedented challenge by the Republican president. Subscribe: reut.rs/46ty0gg
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship
Handing President Donald Trump a stinging defeat, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected his audacious attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States - a right long woven into the...
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US Supreme Court to decide legality of state transgender sports bans - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US Supreme Court clears way for transgender sports bans
The justices overturned decisions by lower courts siding with transgender students.
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Reyna with the outside of his boot in the final seconds!
Jesus. Watch a half of wild USA soccer, pick up my phone, and the news world has gone mad
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Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes, France says www.reuters.com/world/israel...
Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes, France says
Israeli firm BlackCore, suspected of interfering in France's local elections in March, is also suspected of meddling in elections in New York City and Scotland, and operating in Angola and Togo, Fran...
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Forget the DOJ. For a Trump pardon, call “Bobby” and other influencers - www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Forget the DOJ. For a Trump pardon, call “Bobby” and other influencers
A Reuters investigation found nearly all clemency decisions made by Trump this term flouted longstanding Justice Department guidelines. In place of traditional rules, the White House relies on influen...
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Epstein abused them. The Justice Department exposed them. Now they’re under attack by haters www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Epstein abused them. The Justice Department exposed them. Now they’re under attack by haters
Nearly two dozen Epstein accusers told Reuters that speaking out sparked threats and relentless harassment, in some cases after Justice Department files exposed their identities. Some now carry weapon...
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NEW from yours truly: Whether its tools from the frontier companies or agentic pen-testing platforms: AI is breaking things faster than anyone can fix them. I talked to a host of security leaders across the industry are racing to figure out what comes next. cyberscoop.com/ai-powered-c...
Inside the race to adapt to an AI-powered security world
As advanced AI models uncover software vulnerabilities faster than teams can patch them, the race is on to secure a shifting AI-powered cybersecurity landscape.
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