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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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Wanda Jones-Heath (left), Principal Cyber Advisor, Dept. of Air Force, talks with Rick Stewart, Sr. Engineer at Datadog, at the Threat Response Forum on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (Carlin Fisher/Scoop News Group)

Air Force cyber official: need to invest in digital forensics

Government

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., speaks as U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan testifies at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on Capitol Hill on June 11, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

What Democratic control of Congress means for cybersecurity

AI

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Defense and aerospace firm settles with government over allegedly failing to meet cybersecurity contract requirements

Financial

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Business groups mount fresh campaign for long-term renewal of information sharing law

Geopolitics

Nick Andersen, the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency speaks during a House Committee on Appropriations and Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on April 16, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Could Nick Andersen’s leadership outlast the clock on his acting role?

Government

A Polish journalist iPhone displays an Apple alert saying “state sponsored attackers may be targeting your iPhone” on March 7, 2024 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)

Apple notifications alert victims in 99 countries about mercenary spyware infections

Privacy

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo is displayed at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters on May 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Leaked DHS employee archive, Icepick, faces challenges to stay online

Government

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Leak site publishes data on more than 41,000 DHS employees obtained by hacktivists

Government

The U.S. District of Columbia’s Scam Center Task Force, the FBI’s field office in Honolulu and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska made a trip to Madagascar in August to review electronic devices seized from scam compounds. (Getty Images)

Prosecutors charge Madagascar scammers in NFT-stealing scheme based on fake online dating profiles

Cybercrime