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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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock exchange during morning trading on Nov. 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Shareholder-tracking company Equiniti shells out $850K to SEC over breaches

Threats

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris greet U.S. President Joe Biden as First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff look on at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats give cyber short shrift in party platform

Government

Night view of Lubyanka square in Moscow, building of the Federal Security Service. (alex57111, iStock/Getty Images)

Russian hacking campaign targets rights groups, media, former US ambassador

Threats

Iran, Isfahan, Imam Square, Sheikh Lotfollah mosque, world heritage of the UNESCO; Tuul & Bruno Morandi, via Getty Images

Microsoft: Iran makes late play to meddle in U.S. elections

Geopolitics

Brandon Wales, then-Acting Director Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency at U.S. Department of Homeland Security speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis-Pool/Getty Images)

Brandon Wales reflects on 20 years of cyber as he leaves CISA

Government

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz arrives to speak at a press conference on Aug. 1 in Bloomington, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’ VP pick, has a notable record on cyber

Policy

Delta Airlines passengers line up for agent assistance at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on July 22. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

CrowdStrike points finger back at Delta after airline threatened to sue over outages

Financial

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House on July 24. (Photo by Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden’s cybersecurity legacy: ‘a big shift’ to private sector responsibility

Policy

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) leaves the U.S. Capitol on July 11. (Photo by Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)

Senate Intel chair warns confluence of factors make election threats worse

Geopolitics