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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John Thune (R-SD) speaks after being elected Senate Majority Leader for the 119th Congress following the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trio of South Dakota politicians set to have bigger roles on cybersecurity

Policy

Suspects detained during raid in Angola. (Interpol)

African cybercrime crackdown nets more than 1,000 suspects

Cybercrime

An Egyptian Fisherman holds a fishing net on the waters of the Pharaonic Sea in the village of Kafr Fisha, province of Monufia, in 2019. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images)

Microsoft seizes websites tied to Egypt-based DIY phishing kit-maker

Cybercrime

Hogs are raised on the farm of Ted Fox in 2018 near Osage, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Meta cracks down on millions of accounts it tied to pig-butchering scams

Cybercrime

Sen. Richard Blumenthal speaks on July 11 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

Sen. Blumenthal wants FCC to get busy on telecom wiretap security rules

Government

This handout image, obtained August 21, 2008 taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera on board the ESA’s Mars Express shows the highest-resolution full-disc image yet of the surface of the moon Phobos. (Photo by NASA/ESA via Getty Images)

Alleged Russian Phobos ransomware administrator extradited to U.S., in custody

Cybercrime

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NSO Group used WhatsApp exploits after the messaging app sued the spyware developer, court filing says

Privacy

Anne Neuberger, White House cyber warning, potential Russian cyberattacks — Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology, speaks March 21, 2022, in the White House Briefing Room. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump administration should focus on cyber rules, grants and international partnerships, Biden official says

Policy

Then-Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump dances on stage with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, during a town hall event in Oaks, Pennsylvania on Oct. 14. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

DHS nominee Kristi Noem stood alone for rejecting department cyber grants to state, local governments

Government