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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Mongolian guards stand guard in front of the Genghis Khan statue at the Government Palace in Ulaanbaatar on May 21, 2023. The hackers allegedly conducted watering hole attacks on Mongolian government websites.(Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Google: apparent Russian hackers play copycat to commercial spyware vendors

Geopolitics

Niger River, Segou, Segou, Mali; Sascha Grabow, Getty Images

Iranian hackers ‘tickle’ targets in US, UAE with custom tool, Microsoft says

Geopolitics

Security guards hold back the crowd during a distance running event to promote the 2008 Olympic Games in China in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The Chinese government worked with the Ministry of State Security, the Ministry of Public Security and the armed forces to ensure security ahead of the Summer Olympics. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)

Former Verizon employee pleads guilty to conspiring to aid Chinese spy agency

Technology

A photo of a building at the Georgia Institute of Technology. (Photo Courtesy of Georgia Tech)

DOJ sues Georgia Tech over allegedly failing to meet cyber requirements for DOD contracts

Government

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock exchange during morning trading on Nov. 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Shareholder-tracking company Equiniti shells out $850K to SEC over breaches

Threats

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris greet U.S. President Joe Biden as First Lady Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff look on at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats give cyber short shrift in party platform

Government

Night view of Lubyanka square in Moscow, building of the Federal Security Service. (alex57111, iStock/Getty Images)

Russian hacking campaign targets rights groups, media, former US ambassador

Geopolitics

Iran, Isfahan, Imam Square, Sheikh Lotfollah mosque, world heritage of the UNESCO; Tuul & Bruno Morandi, via Getty Images

Microsoft: Iran makes late play to meddle in U.S. elections

Geopolitics

Brandon Wales, then-Acting Director Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency at U.S. Department of Homeland Security speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis-Pool/Getty Images)

Brandon Wales reflects on 20 years of cyber as he leaves CISA

Government