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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BAY SHORE, NEW YORK – MARCH 03: A medical worker at South Shore University Hospital administers the newly available Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Susan Maxwell-Trumble on March 03, 2021 in Bay Shore, New York. The new vaccine from the American pharmaceutical company is a single shot vaccine that has shown 85 percent protection against severe disease and can be stored at regular refrigeration temperatures. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Scammers exploit COVID-19 vaccine confusion for fraud efforts

Financial

A group of men allegedly involved in a scam that Indian authorities said was meant to defraud US citizens cover their faces as they stand in a call centre in Noida, some 25km east of New Delhi, on December 21, 2018. (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)

Robocalls keep spamming Americans, in part because of their cyber tools

Financial

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 24: U.S. President Joe Biden holds a semiconductor during his remarks before signing an Executive Order on the economy in the State Dining Room of the White House on February 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images)

Biden signs executive order demanding supply chain security review

Threats

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 09: (L-R) Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice Liz Howard, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center Matt Blaze, endowed professor and chair of the University of Florida Juan Gilbert, president of the North Carolina NAACP T. Anthony Spearman, Commissioner of Election Assistance Commission Don Palmer, and county clerk and recorder of Christian County, Illinois, Michael Gianasi are sworn in during a hearing before the House Administration Committee January 9, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “2020 Election Security-Perspectives from Voting System Vendors and Experts.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Election Assistance Commission loses another key staffer, Jerome Lovato

Government

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 23: (L-R) Microsoft President Brad Smith, FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia, and SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna talk with each other before the start of a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the 2020 cyberattack that resulted in a series of data breaches within several agencies and departments in the U.S. federal government. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Senate hearing on SolarWinds hack lays bare US shortcomings, remaining mysteries

Policy

SolarWinds — The SolarWinds logo.

SolarWinds CEO talks hack, remaining questions before Capitol Hill hearings

Threats

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US charges alleged North Korean hackers with trying to steal $1.3 billion in cybercrime spree

Financial

Tim Maurer (New America, Flickr)

Tim Maurer takes front office DHS cybersecurity job advising Mayorkas

Government

water treatment, tap water, faucet — (Austin Kirk / Flickr)

Investigators suggest hackers exploited weak password security to breach Florida water facility

Government