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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Then-Millenium challenge corporation CEO Sean Cairncross speaks during a ceremony on Aug. 5, 2019 at the presidential palace in Abidjan. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)

Experts endorse Sean Cairncross for national cyber director ahead of Senate hearing

Government

Cynthia Kaiser speaks at the Trellix Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 27, 2024. (Scoop News Group)

Top FBI cyber official Cynthia Kaiser exits for Halcyon

Government

With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20. Trump joined conservative House lawmakers to help push through their budget bill after it advanced through the House Budget Committee. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump budget proposal would slash more than 1,000 CISA jobs

Election Security

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Four Senate Democrats call on DHS to reinstate Cyber Safety Review Board membership

Cybersecurity

A smart phone with the icons for the Google Calendar app is seen on the screen in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, on July 31, 2018. (Photo by S3studio/Getty Images)

Chinese hackers used Google Calendar to aid attacks on government entities

Technology

Downtown Baltimore and the Inner Harbor in Maryland; L. Toshio Kishiyama, Getty Images

Iranian man pleads guilty in Robbinhood ransomware scheme

Ransomware

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks alongside democratic senators to press in the U.S. Capitol on March 6. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Senators revive bill to harmonize conflicting cybersecurity regulations

Government

Hanan Elatr the wife of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during an interview in 2021. (Photo by Jon Gerberg/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Appeals court rejects attempt by Khashoggi widow to renew suit against NSO Group

Technology

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Massachusetts man will plead guilty in PowerSchool hack case

Technology