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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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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Lawmakers spring to save ID theft services for OPM breach victims, with expiration looming

Government

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland, on July 31, 2026. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz / AFP)

Trump blames Minnesota for cyberattacks on water sector, drawing pushback from cyber world

Government

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CISA issues recommendations to federal agencies on open-source software security

Government

Visitors view the IBM Quantum System Two at the Future Lab during the Goodwood Festival of Speed at Goodwood Motor Circuit on July 9, 2026 in Chichester, England. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)

Supply chain challenges loom large in quantum race, White House official says

Government

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Microsoft debuts AI cybersecurity offerings as competition heats up

AI

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., leaves a Senate Democratic meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on Oct. 3, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Sen. Wyden urges feds to discard older, insecure, public-facing VPNs

Exclusive

Digital legal compliance and government regulation concept with security icons, creative graphic style, on blurred US flag background. 3D Rendering. ismagilov, istock/Getty Images Plus

Industry’s message on CIRCIA: Please ask us fewer questions about cyberattacks

Policy

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), part of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, at the Philippine International Convention Center on July 23, 2026 in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

Rubio restricts visas for sextortionists, cyber scammers

Government

The GAO found 80 out of 117 rules that “either contain the same kind of reporting requirement applicable to a sector or the same reporting requirement as at least one other regulation.” (Getty Images)

Most federal cybersecurity reporting rules are duplicative, study finds

Policy