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AJ Vicens

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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

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AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · Apr 25

Hello! Let's chat.

I'm a cybersecurity correspondent with Reuters focused on cybercrime, state-aligned threats, intelligence, data breaches, influence/info ops.

Get in touch:

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 7h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · 11h

Well worth your time

Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 15h

On a Saturday night I stumbled across something on the internet that made me feel like ****** my pants. A giant dataset of real surveillance operations targeting 1000s of people across nearly every country. Unraveling it and the mysterious company behind it has consumed 1.5 years of my life

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h

EXPOSED: @lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US.

It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Matthew Bell @matthewjbell.bsky.social · 19h

Hamas fighters tighten grip in Gaza, executing people in the street - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Hamas fighters tighten grip in Gaza, clouding future of ceasefire

Hamas fighters carried out public executions, defying Israel's assertion that war cannot end under President Donald Trump's plan until the militants are disarmed.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 13h

The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria’s largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found.

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Politico @politico.com · 14h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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People Magazine @people.com · 15h

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Soul legend and "Brown Sugar" hitmaker D'Angelo has died. He was 51.

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, TMZ reported that D'Angelo (born Michael Eugene Archer) confirmed news of his death after a private battle with pancreatic cancer.

📷️: Getty

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Gate 15 @gate15.bsky.social · 15h

Today in the SUN we feature an article from @wired.com on satellites leaking the world’s secrets

Read more below:
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Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

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Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 3d

EXCLUSIVE: A cell-site simulator, commonly referred to as an IMSI-catcher or "Stingray," may have been used at the ICE facility in Portland.

Analysis of cellular signals in the area showed phones receiving abnormal spikes in requests for their unique identifiers. san.com/cc/exclusive...

Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower likely surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility

Law enforcement officials may have deployed a secretive cellphone surveillance technology last weekend at Portland’s ICE facility.

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AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · 4d

Trump’s crackdown on EVs hits home in the Battery Belt - www.reuters.com/business/aut...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

The Center for Investigative Reporting—home to Mother Jones and Reveal—has a long track record of responsibly reporting sensitive stories and breaking high-impact news. We fact-check the hell out of our reporting, and we respect and protect our sources.

Have a tip? Drop us a line, confidentially.

How to Leak to Us

The Center for Investigative Reporting—home to Mother Jones and Reveal—has a long track record of fairly and responsibly reporting sensitive stories and breaking high-impact news that changes the…

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AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · 5d

New York AG James, a Trump foe, indicted for bank fraud - www.reuters.com/world/new-yo...

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AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · 5d

Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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John Hultquist @hultquist.bsky.social · 6d

CYBERWARCON is gooooooooo! This year’s agenda is live! Thank you submitters.

CYBERWARCON @cyberwarcon.bsky.social · 6d

Announcing this year's CYBERWARCON speaker lineup and agenda! We've got some fantastic talks this year, and more will be announced soon.

Don't miss your chance to register now! Thank you everyone who submitted to the CFP. The selection was a truly grueling process!

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AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · 7d

Intel to reveal tech details on forthcoming PC chip, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 7d

I realize these videos might seem trivial but absurdist cat photos helped internet culture go mainstream; we’re still reckoning with the consequences.

Now we’ve got the ability to generate footage of hilarious animal mishaps basically at will.

Not sure what this means for the attention economy.

Kim, Bestie of Bunzy, Co-CEO Execubetch™️ @easybakedoven.bsky.social · 7d

@beckybunzy.bsky.social 😭😭😭

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AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · 7d

Whom amongst us www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · 7d

"Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7" @kenklippenstein.bsky.social www.kenklippenstein.com/p/secretive-...

Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7

“We’re expanding the watchlist,” FBI director says amid 300% increase in domestic terror investigations.

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Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social · 8d

🚨Come work with me at @propublica.org!
We are hiring a reporter to cover higher education — the best beat there is. 🏫

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Higher Education Reporter, National

New York City, United States

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AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · 8d

Me too!

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taber @kvetch.gay · 11d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 11d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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AJ Vicens @ajvicens.bsky.social · 11d

Jesus Christ

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 11d

An FBI raid revealed 57 victims of forced labor living in cramped quarters at a lavish #Florida mansion connected to the leaders of a church, federal officials say.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-... via @miamiherald.com

Raid of church leader’s Florida mansion reveals 57 forced laborers, feds say

The victims, called “armor bearers” by the church, are threatened with damnation if they fail to meet their quotas, federal officials say.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 11d

BREAKING

A federal judge has sentenced Sean “Diddy” Combs to 50 months — 4 years and 2 months — in federal prison.

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