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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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 24: People shop at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store during the launch of Apple’s new iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini on September 24, 2021. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Likely state-based hackers infected Hong Kong websites to spy on Apple users, Google says

Threats

Paramedics and healthcare workers transfer a patient from Humber River Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit to a waiting air ambulance as the hospital frees up space In their ICU unit, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 28, 2021. (Photo by COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

Canadian health systems recovering from breach that forced thousands of appointment cancellations

Threats

(Photo by CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Robinhood breach exposed information on 7 million people

Financial

China, Beijing, Flag in front of Grand Hyatt Hotel. (Getty Images)

Hackers with Chinese links breach defense, energy targets, including one in US

Geopolitics

Woman hand enters a one-time password for the validation process. (Getty Images)

Feds likely to miss deadline for strengthening encryption, multifactor authentication

Government

A view of the south facade of the White House in Washington. (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)

White House preps order to clarify top cyber roles in federal government

Workforce

CISA, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, RSA 2019 — The DHS and CISA booth at the 2019 RSA conference in San Francisco. (Scoop News Group photo)

CISA tells agencies to fix hundreds of software flaws, prep for future vulnerabilities

Government

Empty voting machines are seen on Election Day at P.S. 11 Purvis J. Behan Elementary on November 02, 2021 in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City. New Yorkers head to the polls today to decide who will become the 110th mayor of NYC. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Election Day poses first security test for Biden officials, overhauled voting laws

Threats

TORONTO, ON – APRIL 01, 2020: A man is seen wearing a mask in the subway during morning commuting hours. (Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images)

Ransomware strikes Toronto transit system, disrupting some services

Threats