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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Tankers from the 33rd separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces fire with a Leopard 2A4 tank during a field training at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Oct. 27. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

Suspected Russian hacking, influence operations take aim at Ukrainian military recruiting

Threats

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) and U.S. Senator from Ohio and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance attend a remembrance ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero, in New York City. (Photo by Adam GRAY / AFP)

Report: Chinese hackers used telecom access to go after phones of Trump, Vance

Cybersecurity

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. CEO Andrew Witty appears before House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 1 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Change Healthcare breach affected 100 million Americans, marking a new record

Ransomware

Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks as Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris reacts during the presidential debate at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia Sept. 10, 2024. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Task force unveils cyber recommendations for the next president

Government

Ambulances lined up outside NYU Langone Health hospital on April 23, 2020 in New York City. Ransomware cases on health care facilities have led to increase in stroke and cardiac arrest cases at hospitals receiving patients from nearby facilities paralyzed by such attacks. (Getty Images)

Ransomware attacks on health care sector are driving increase in emergency patient care

Cybersecurity

Monday, December 7, 2020 – Cedars-Sinai Hospital, a victim of the gang. (Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times)

Alleged Anonymous Sudan leaders charged, prolific gang’s tool disabled

Cybercrime

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Iranian hackers are going after critical infrastructure sector passwords, agencies caution

Government

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Tens of thousands of IPs vulnerable to Fortinet flaw dubbed ‘must patch’ by feds

Threats

A general view of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) headquarters outside Moscow taken on June 29, 2010. (Alexey SAZONOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Agencies warn about Russian government hackers going after unpatched vulnerabilities

Government