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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Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States Kash Patel is seen in the Capitol near a meeting on the administration’s use of FISA authority on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Alex Kent/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The surveillance law Congress can’t quit — and can’t explain

Government

Sean Cairncross, April 15, 2026 at the Semafor World Economy event in Washington, D.C. (Tim Starks/ CyberScoop)

Executive orders likely ahead in next steps for national cyber strategy

AI

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Inside the FBI’s router takedown that cut off APT28’s ‘tremendous access’

Government

Malte Mueller, Getty Images

Hack-for-hire spyware campaign targets journalists in Middle East, North Africa

Geopolitics

Miguel Escamilla Jr., mannufacturing manager of ShayoNano, demonstrates the operation of programmable logic controller at the company’s production plant July 25, 2017, in Stafford. The Singapore-based company chose Stafford to be their U.S. headquarters. (Photo by Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Iranian hackers launching disruptive attacks at U.S. energy, water targets, feds warn

Threats

Milamai, Getty Images

pcTattleTale stalkerware maker sentence includes fine, supervised release

Technology

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump budget proposal would cut hundreds of millions more from CISA

Money

ICE agents ride an escalator at LaGuardia Airport, on March 28, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

House Dems decry confirmed ICE usage of Paragon spyware

Technology

A Stryker LIFEPAK 15 Heart Monitor/defibrillator is displayed during the Emergency Services show at NEC Exhibition Centre on Sept. 8, 2021 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)

Medtech giant Stryker says it’s back up after Iranian cyberattack

Geopolitics