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Alex Mercer is an investigative reporter and researcher focusing on state-sponsored cyber threats, protocol vulnerabilities, and open-source infrastructure defense.

Before joining xCipher, Alex worked as an infrastructure security auditor and contributed independent research to several zero-day vulnerability disclosures. Their reporting bridges the gap between low-level technical reverse engineering and macro-level digital policy. When not parsing packet captures or audit logs, Alex mentors open-source privacy software contributors.