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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A demonstrator holds up a sign during a rally in front of the U.S. Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on Feb. 4. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

DOGE staffer violated security policies at Treasury Department, court filing shows

Government

(L-R) Rep. Nick LaLota R-N.Y., Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. and Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., listen during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trade groups worry information sharing will worsen without critical infrastructure panel, CISA law renewal

Privacy

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., departs a news conference following a House Republican caucus meeting on Feb. 25, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Amid personnel turmoil at cyber agencies, a government shutdown could increase potential harm

Government

Sean Plankey — Sean Plankey speaks at a Department of Energy event in 2018, while he was a cyber adviser at BP. (Argonne National Laboratory / Flickr)

Sean Plankey picked by Trump to be CISA director

Government

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Investigator says differing names for hacker groups, hackers studying investigative methods hinders law enforcement

Cybercrime

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DHS says CISA won’t stop looking at Russian cyber threats

Threats

Rep. Mark Green R-Tenn., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and Ranking Member Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., during the hearing at the US Capitol on Sept 28, 2024. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Cyber workforce legislation vote gives rise to partisan rift on House Homeland Security Committee

Policy

Karen Evans, Department of Energy, DOE cybersecurity — Karen Evans speaks April 4, 2019, at the Cybersecurity Leadership Forum presented by Forcepoint and produced by CyberScoop and FedScoop. (CyberScoop)

Karen Evans steps into a leading federal cyber position: executive assistant director for cybersecurity at CISA

Government

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A major cybersecurity law is expiring soon — and advocates are prepping to push Congress for renewal

Cybersecurity