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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Telecom exec: Salt Typhoon inspiring other hackers to use unconventional techniques

Technology

Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., (L), accompanied by Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich. (R), speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Cyber threat information law hurtles toward expiration, with poor prospects for renewal

Policy

Acting Federal CISO Mike Duffy speaks at FedTalks in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18, 2025. (Scoop News Group photo)

Agencies increasingly dive into AI for cyber defense, acting federal CISO says

Government

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Sept. 16, 2025. Patel was questioned about last week’s assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and his social media posts related to the FBI’s investigation of the shooting, as well as a lawsuit filed by former senior FBI officials who were terminated by Patel for what they claim are political reasons. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senators, FBI Director Patel clash over cyber division personnel, arrests

Policy

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CISA work not ‘degraded’ by Trump administration cuts, top agency official says

Government

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China’s ‘Typhoons’ changing the way FBI hunts sophisticated threats

Government

Bulazel mentioned the energy sector in particular, given the potential for hackers to turn off the power in the United States. It’s a sector that relies in large measure on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to monitor and control industrial processes. (Image Credit: AndreyPopov via Getty Images)

Critical infrastructure security tech needs to be as good as our smartphones, top NSC cyber official says

Geopolitics

Then-Millenium challenge corporation CEO Sean Cairncross speaks during a ceremony on Aug. 5, 2019 at the presidential palace in Abidjan. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)

National cyber director: U.S. strategy needs to shift cyber risk from Americans to its adversaries

Government

Image showing the Colonial Pipeline Houston Station facility in Pasadena, Texas (Photo by Francois PICARD / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty Images)

CISA pushes final cyber incident reporting rule to May 2026

Financial