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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Russian government via teleconference in Moscow on March 10, 2022. (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

UK sanctions Russian hackers, spies as US weighs its own punishments for Russia

Financial

Daniil Kasatkin at the FIBA World Championships in 2019. Kasatkin has been detained in France on suspicion of working for a ransomware group. (FIBA)

French police arrest Russian pro basketball player on behalf of US over ransomware suspicions

Cybercrime

SimpleImages, Getty Images

Appeals court clears path for El Salvadoran journos to sue spyware maker

Privacy

China and Italy, two flags waving against blue sky. 3d image. Aleksandra Aleshchenko, iStock/Getty Images Plus

Italian authorities arrest Chinese man over Microsoft Exchange Server hack, targeting of COVID-19 researchers

Geopolitics

The Treasury Building in Washington, D.C.; Khaichuin Sim, Getty Images

Treasury slaps sanctions on people, companies tied to North Korean IT worker schemes

Government

U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

GOP domestic policy bill includes hundreds of millions for military cyber

Government

June 12, 2012: Close up to FBI website through a magnifying glass on the laptop. brightstars, iStock/GettyImages

Top FBI cyber official: Salt Typhoon ‘largely contained’ in telecom networks

Government

Elon Musk shows off a shirt that says “DOGE” as he walks on the South Lawn of the white House after stepping off Marine One upon arrival to the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 9, 2025. (Photo by OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Scammers have a new tactic: impersonating DOGE

Threats

Dragos Condrea, iStock/Getty Images Plus

Arrest, seizures in latest U.S. operation against North Korean IT workers

Government