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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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CISA Director Jen Easterly is sworn-in as she testifies before a House committee on Capitol Hill on Jan. 31, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Easterly appeals to Congress on CISA funding, citing Chinese threats to critical infrastructure

Cybersecurity

Harry Coker testifies during his confirmation hearing for national cyber director before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Nov. 2, 2023. in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Agencies to turn toward ‘skill-based hiring’ for cyber and tech jobs, ONCD says

Workforce

Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee hearing on March 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

FCC wants rules for ‘most important part of the internet you’ve probably never heard of’

Cybersecurity

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Proposed data broker regulations draw industry pushback on anonymized data exceptions, bulk thresholds

Government

U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) speaks to reporters before a Senate luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

FISA reauthorization heads to Biden’s desk after Senate passage

Privacy

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., spoke to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on March 22, 2022. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

With a mysterious surveillance target identified, calls for Congress to change course

Government

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) (C) talks with committee members Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) (L) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) while hearing testimony from former Special Counsel Robert Hur in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House passes extension of expiring surveillance authorities

Government

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testified before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee, at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 28, 2022. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

CISA emergency directive tells agencies to fix credentials after Microsoft breach

Government

An opened orange lock stands out against a suite of locked green locks in this photo illustration. (MirageC via Getty Images)

Sisense breach exposes customers to potential supply chain attack

Cybersecurity