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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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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

Technology

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

Government

Performers participate in closing ceremony of Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang province on Feb. 14. (Photo by Hannah McKay / POOL / AFP)

Chinese law enforcement places NSA operatives on wanted list over alleged cyberattacks

Geopolitics

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks during the Hands Off! day of action against the Trump administration and Elon Musk on April 5 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Community Change Action)

Rep. Swalwell demands Hill briefing on planned CISA personnel cuts

Workforce

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Judges strike skeptical note of NSO Group’s argument to dismiss case from El Salvadoran journos

Cybersecurity

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Cyber experts offer lukewarm praise for voluntary code governing use of commercial hacking tools

Privacy

A 3D render of a vintage moonshine jug on an isolated white studio background. (allanswart, iStock/Getty Images Plus)

BadBazaar and Moonshine malware targets Taiwanese, Tibetan and Uyghur groups, U.K. warns

Threats

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) participates in a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on April 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Privacy fights over expiring surveillance law loom after House hearing

Government