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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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) leaves the U.S. Capitol on July 11. (Photo by Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)

Senate Intel chair warns confluence of factors make election threats worse

Geopolitics

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North Korean hacking group makes waves to gain Mandiant, FBI spotlight

Cybersecurity

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

FCC, Tracfone Wireless reach $16M cyber and privacy settlement

Technology

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Judge dismisses much of SEC suit against SolarWinds over cybersecurity disclosures

Government

In this handout image provided by CYBERUK, Harry Coker, National Cyber Director speaks during the CYBERUK 2024 at Birmingham ICC Arena on May 14 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Matthew Horwood for CYBERUK via Getty Images)

Coker’s top priorities: Federal cohesion, cyber workforce, other ‘hard problems’

Policy

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CDK hack shows SEC disclosure standards are unsettled

Financial

Houthi movement supporters brandish rifles, flags of Yemen and Palestine, Houthi emblems, and chant slogans as they participate in a demonstration in solidarity with the Palestinian people on June 28, 2024, in Sana’a, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

Researchers catch Yemeni hackers spying on Middle East military phones

Cybersecurity

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Sanctioned and exposed, Predator spyware maker group has gone awfully quiet

Government

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) leaves a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on December 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. Johnson was joined by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN). (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House panel abruptly cancels federal privacy bill vote

Privacy