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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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

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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

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Biden administration pauses Trump’s plans to ban WeChat, TikTok

Government

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Food-delivery fraudsters deploy hacked accounts, stolen credit card info to skim from orders

Financial

Color image of some people voting in some polling booths at a voting station. Getty Images

Federal election agency adopts updated voting security standards. Not everyone is happy.

Government

Gmail on the laptop screen illustration, Getty Images

42% of Gmail scams targeted American users, Google finds

Government