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Tim Starks

Tim Starks is senior reporter at CyberScoop. His previous stops include working at The Washington Post, POLITICO and Congressional Quarterly. An Evansville, Ind. native, he’s covered cybersecurity since 2003. Email Tim here: tim.starks@cyberscoop.com.

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O’Smach Casino, a compound at the Chong Chom O’Smach border crossing that authorities say was used for scam operations on March 12, 2026 in Oddar Meanchey, Cambodia. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)

Capitol Hill wants to know if executive branch, foreign allies coordinated enough to combat scams

Cybercrime

United States National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross (2nd-L) accompanied by United States Chief Technology Officer Dr. Ethan Klein (L), White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios (3rd-L), U.S. President Donald Trump (R), and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (2nd-R), speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on June 22, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

National cyber director lays out White House plans to secure AI without writing new rules

AI

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., attends a subcommittee hearing with the Senate Committee on Appropriations in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 22, 2026. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Dem senators criticize Trump administration decisionmaking on AI security risks

AI

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Lawmakers spring to save ID theft services for OPM breach victims, with expiration looming

Government

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland, on July 31, 2026. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz / AFP)

Trump blames Minnesota for cyberattacks on water sector, drawing pushback from cyber world

Geopolitics

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CISA issues recommendations to federal agencies on open-source software security

Government

Visitors view the IBM Quantum System Two at the Future Lab during the Goodwood Festival of Speed at Goodwood Motor Circuit on July 9, 2026 in Chichester, England. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)

Supply chain challenges loom large in quantum race, White House official says

Cybersecurity

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Microsoft debuts AI cybersecurity offerings as competition heats up

AI

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., leaves a Senate Democratic meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on Oct. 3, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Sen. Wyden urges feds to discard older, insecure, public-facing VPNs

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