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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Sanctioned and exposed, Predator spyware maker group has gone awfully quiet

Cybersecurity

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) leaves a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on December 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. Johnson was joined by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN). (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

House panel abruptly cancels federal privacy bill vote

Government

(L-R) Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Rep. Mike Gallager (R-WI) talk with reporters after the House of Representative’s voted on legislation they co-sponsored to ban TikTok at the U.S. Capitol on March 13. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Federal privacy law faces new hurdles ahead of markup

Government

Brad Smith, Vice Chairman and President of Microsoft, testifies about Microsoft’s cybersecurity work during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Lawmakers question Microsoft president over China ties, repeated breaches

Cybersecurity

Committee chairman Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) looks on as ranking member Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) speaks during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on January 30. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Microsoft’s Brad Smith should prepare for ‘ritual punishment’ before House hearing

Technology

A view of the commission’s hearing room before a hearing at the Federal Communications Commission in 2017. (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

FCC moves ahead on internet routing security rules

Cybersecurity

Crowd of people on network connection lines. Yuichiro Chino via Getty

Panel advises CISA on how to improve industry-government collaboration project

Government

Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), speaks during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, February 14, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

FCC vote on tap for rules to secure fundamental component of the internet

Government

A screenshot of a documentary featuring a fake Tom Cruise promoted as part of a Pro-Russian information operation. (Image via Microsoft)

Fake Tom Cruise warns of violence at Paris Olympics in pro-Russian info op

Geopolitics