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AJ Vicens

Washington, D.C., United States

Cybersecurity Correspondent at Reuters

Cybersecurity correspondent @Reuters. Was @CyberScoopNews, @MotherJones, @UMKnightWallace Signal preferred: ajvicens.57 (more: https://t.co/VC3mfeOaua)

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  • Insurer Aflac investigating possible data leak after cyberattack

    1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Puyaan Singh |AJ Vicens |Shailesh Kuber |Maju Samuel

    (Reuters) -Health and life insurer Aflac on Friday said it is investigating a breach on its U.S. network that may have exposed customers' personal information, making it the latest insurance provider to be targeted in a cyberattack.

  • Hackers destroy $90m in hit on Iranian crypto exchange

    1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | AJ Vicens

    Detroit — An anti-Iranian hacking group with possible ties to Israel announced an attack on one of Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges on Wednesday, destroying nearly $90m and threatening to expose the platform’s source code. A group known as Gonjeshke Darande, or “Predatory Sparrow”, claimed the attack, making it the group’s second operation in two days.

  • Iran crypto exchange hit by hackers, $90 million destroyed

    1 week ago | azdailysun.com | AJ Vicens

    By AJ Vicens(Reuters) -An anti-Iranian hacking group with possible ties to Israel announced an attack on one of Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchanges on Wednesday, destroying nearly $90 million and threatening to expose the platform's source code. kAmp 8C@FA <?@H? 2D v@?;6D9<6 s2C2?56[ @C “!C652E@CJ $A2CC@H[” 4=2:>65 E96 2EE24<[ >2<:?8 :E E96 8C@FAVD D64@?5 @A6C2E:@? :? EH@ 52JD] ~?

  • Suspected Israeli hackers claim to destroy data at Iran's Bank Sepah

    1 week ago | yahoo.com | AJ Vicens |James Pearson

    By AJ Vicens and James Pearson(Reuters) -An anti-Iranian government hacking group with potential ties to Israel and a track record of destructive cyberattacks on Iran claimed in social media posts on Tuesday that it had destroyed data at Iran’s state-owned Bank Sepah. The group — known as Gonjeshke Darande, or “Predatory Sparrow” — hacked the bank because they accused it of helping fund Iran's military, according to one of the messages posted online.

  • Hackers usam aplicativo modificado para roubar dados e extorquir empresas, diz Google

    3 weeks ago | terra.com.br | AJ Vicens

    Hackers estão enganando funcionários de empresas na Europa e nas Américas para que instalem uma versão modificada de um aplicativo relacionado ao Salesforce, permitindo que roubem grandes quantidades de dados, obtenham acesso a outros serviços corporativos em nuvem e chantageiem essas empresas, disse o Google nesta quarta-feira.

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3 Jun 25

RT @jgreigj: MainStreet Bank said a cyberattack affecting one of its vendors exposed the sensitive data of about 5% of its customers The S…

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23 May 25

RT @kenklippenstein: The FBI just visited me for publishing the Elias Rodriguez manifesto. https://t.co/opVFC1QzVC