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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Chat logs show how Egregor, an $80 million ransomware gang, handled negotiations with little mercy

Threats

WOODBINE, MD – MAY 13: In an aerial view, fuel holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline’s Dorsey Junction Station. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

TSA pushes more cybersecurity mandates on critical pipeline owners, emphasizing ransomware

Government

BEIJING, CHINA – JULY 01: Members of the Chinese military orchestra march on Tiananmen Square before a celebration marking the 100th founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

US blames China for Microsoft hacking, ransomware attacks as part of global condemnation

Government

This picture taken on October 5, 2020 shows the logo of mobile messaging and call service telegram on a tablet screen in Toulouse, southwestern France. (Photo by LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

Cryptographers unearth vulnerabilities in Telegram’s encryption protocol

Technology

Facebook takedown — Stickers bearing the Facebook logo at the F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, on April 30, 2019. (REUTERS / Stephen Lam)

Iranian spies tried hacking US military personnel by posing as job recruiters on Facebook

Government

An emperor moth (Saturnia) butterfly sits on a currant bush at a garden outside Moscow on May 4, 2018. (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images)

An espionage campaign spread its wings from Myanmar to the Philippines, raising new questions

Government

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CISA orders agencies to disable Microsoft Print Spooler in response to ‘PrintNightmare’ flaw

Government

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 10: Jen Easterly (L), nominee to be the Director of the Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Chris Inglis, nominee to be the National Cyber Director, testifies during their confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Senate confirms former White House, NSA official Jen Easterly as CISA director after delay

Government

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Suspected Chinese hackers return with unusual attacks on domestic gambling companies

Government