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.

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A demonstrator holds up a sign during a rally in front of the Treasury Department in protest of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency on Feb. 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

DOGE staffer violated security policies at Treasury Department, court filing shows

Transition

ISTANBUL, TURKEY – MAY 05: A Bitcoin logo in the window of a cryptocurrency exchange kiosk on May 5, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)

Even the US government can fall victim to cryptojacking

Federal

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly testifies before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee, at the Rayburn House Office Building. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images).

CISA emergency directive tells agencies to fix credentials after Microsoft breach

Cyber

The Microsoft logo is seen at an Experience Center on Fifth Avenue on April 3, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Federal government affected by Russian breach of Microsoft

Exclusive

Jonathan Lenzner, chief of staff to FBI Director Chris Wray, and Cynthia Kaiser, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s cyber division, take part in an International Association of Privacy Professionals conference in Washington D.C., on April 3, 2024. (Scoop News Group photo by Tim Starks)

FBI seeks to balance risks, rewards of artificial intelligence

AI

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 16: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

DHS establishes its own bug bounty program, offering outsiders $500 to $5K for discovering flaws

Cyber