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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Trump administration proposes cutting $491M from CISA budget

Money

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Tariffs could slow replacement of telecom networks, according to industry official

Policy

SentinelOne — The SentinelOne sign outside the New York Stock Exchange in 2021. (SentinelOne)

Cybersecurity vendors are themselves under attack by hackers, SentinelOne says

Ransomware

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CISA gets new No. 2: Madhu Gottumukkala

Workforce

Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Jamerson speaks during AIScoop’s AITalks while the State Department’s Manny Medrano looks on. The event was held April 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Sergey Kolupaev/EPNAC)

AI speeds up analysis work for humans, two federal cyber officials say

Government

A photographic illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo in 2022 in the Israeli city of Netanya. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Judge limits evidence about NSO Group customers, victims in damages trial

Technology

Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process that year. (Photo by Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)

Chris Krebs resigns from SentinelOne to focus on fighting Trump’s executive order

Government

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35 countries use Chinese networks for transporting mobile user traffic, posing cyber risks

Privacy

Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (L), R-Ky., and Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., (R) listens during a nomination hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on April 3. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Exclusive: Peters, Rounds tee up bill to renew expiring cyber threat information sharing law

Exclusive