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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President Donald Trump answers questions while departing the White House on July 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump pulls US out of international cyber orgs

Threats

Taiwan blames Chinese ‘cyber army’ for rise in millions of daily intrusion attempts

Geopolitics

(Photo illustration by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Convicted Bitfinex bitcoin launderer freed from prison, thanks Trump law

Financial

The US Treasury Department building is seen in Washington, DC, January 19, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Treasury removes Intellexa spyware-linked trio from sanctions list

Geopolitics

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., walks towards a closed-door briefing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Nov. 5, 2025 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

Senate Intel chair urges national cyber director to safeguard against open-source software threats

Policy

Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., talks to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem prior to a hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on Dec. 11, 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Key lawmaker says Congress likely to kick can down road on cyber information sharing law

Policy

Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., conduct the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” featuring testimony by FBI Director Kash Patel in Rayburn building on Sept. 17, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Warrant requirements, Democratic worries could factor into spy law renewal debate

Privacy

Aerial view of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., on Oct. 22, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Defense bill addresses secure phones, AI training, cyber troop mental health

Policy

Sen. Bill Casssidy, R-La., questions Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. during a Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Sept. 4, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Bipartisan health care cybersecurity legislation returns to address a cornucopia of issues

Policy