Christian Vasquez

Christian covers industrial cybersecurity for CyberScoop News. He previously wrote for E&E News at POLITICO covering cybersecurity in the energy sector. Reach out via Signal at 915-412-0561.

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Activists hold a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin near Red Square in Moscow, on June 24, 2023. President Vladimir Putin on June 24, 2023 said an armed mutiny by Wagner mercenaries was a “stab in the back” and that the group’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had betrayed Russia, as he vowed to punish the dissidents. Prigozhin said his fighters control key military sites in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hackers attack Russian satellite telecom provider, claim affiliation with Wagner Group

Geopolitics

Acting U.S. National Cyber Director Kemba Walden, right, with Megan Stifel, chief strategy officer for the Institute for Security and Technology, at event on ransomware in Washington in May. (Photo courtesy of the Institute for Security and Technology)

White House releases cybersecurity budget priorities for FY 2025

Government

The Emsland Nuclear Power Plant (KKE) is located near Lingen in the Emsland district, Lower Saxony/ Germany (built 1988).

Two major energy corporations added to growing MOVEit victim list

Cybercrime

A polling station in Arlington, Va. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Treasury sanctions two Russian intelligence officers for election influence operations

Government

High voltage towers in the dusk of the evening. (Getty Images)

Federal incentives could help utilities overcome major cybersecurity hurdle: money

Government

Flags of Department of Energy and USA painted on cracked wall. (Getty Images)

Two Energy Department entities breached as part of massive MOVEit compromise

Threats

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testified before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee, at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 28, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Ukraine information sharing a model for countering China, top cyber official says

Government

In an aerial view, fuel holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline’s Dorsey Junction Station on May 13, 2021 in Woodbine, Maryland. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

White House needs to urgently fix nation’s approach to protecting critical infrastructure, group says

Government

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5, 2023. (Image via SpaceX)

First in space: SpaceX and NASA launch satellite that hackers will attempt to infiltrate during DEF CON

Research