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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Jen Easterly (L), Director of the Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Chris Inglis, National Cyber Director, testify during their confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Key lawmakers to CISA: Let us send you more money, power

Financial

Wheat is displayed for judging at the Cedar County Fair on July 13, 2018 in Tipton, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Ransomware gang strikes Iowa agriculture business New Cooperative, the latest hack on food supply chain

Financial

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Bitdefender releases REvil decryptor as ransomware gang shows signs of return

Threats

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Email scammers posed as DOT officials in phishing messages focused on $1 trillion bill

Government

DHS, Department of Homeland Security, cybersecurity, Cyber Storm — (Getty Images)

CISA hires long-time cyber pro Kiersten Todt as chief of staff

Policy

money, cash, budget, cybercrime, financial, fraud — (Getty Images)

Is the Groove ransomware gang is a motley crew of disgruntled hackers, or a hoax?

Threats

Chris Inglis, then-nominee to be the national cyber director, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 10, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

National cyber director declares ‘too soon to say we’re out of the woods,’ as US enjoys dip in ransomware

Healthcare

A spider spins a web in a garden outside Moscow on June 4, 2021. (Photo by YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian cybercrime continues as government-backed attacks on companies dwindle, CrowdStrike says

Financial

People visit the Apple store in the Oculus Mall in Manhattan on July 29, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Under fire from privacy advocates, Apple delays controversial photo scanning plan

Government