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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: <a href="mailto:tim.starks@cyberscoop.com">tim.starks@cyberscoop.com</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-with-ads"> <div class="grid-with-ads__main"> <h2 class="grid-with-ads__title archive-title archive-title--inline">Articles by Author</h2> <div id="taxonomy-author-items" class="grid-with-ads__grid"> <article class="post-item post-item--hero-2 "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://cyberscoop.com/leland-dudek-ross-foard-social-security-cisa-misinformation/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="309" height="165" src="https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/cisa2-rsa-2019.jpg?w=309" class="attachment-309x170 size-309x170 wp-post-image" alt="CISA, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, RSA 2019, DHS patching" style="" decoding="async" srcset="https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/cisa2-rsa-2019.jpg 1920w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/cisa2-rsa-2019.jpg?resize=300,160 300w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/cisa2-rsa-2019.jpg?resize=768,410 768w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/cisa2-rsa-2019.jpg?resize=1024,546 1024w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/cisa2-rsa-2019.jpg?resize=1536,819 1536w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/cisa2-rsa-2019.jpg?resize=600,320 600w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/cisa2-rsa-2019.jpg?resize=1200,640 1200w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2019/03/cisa2-rsa-2019.jpg?resize=1500,800 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> (Scoop News Group) </figcaption> </figure> <header class="post-item__meta"> <h3 class="post-item__title"> <a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://cyberscoop.com/leland-dudek-ross-foard-social-security-cisa-misinformation/"> No, that’s not the acting head of the Social Security Administration. 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(Scoop News Group photo) </figcaption> </figure> <header class="post-item__meta"> <h3 class="post-item__title"> <a class="post-item__title-link" href="https://cyberscoop.com/salt-typhoon-telecom-breach-remarkable-for-its-indiscriminate-targeting-fbi-official-says/"> Salt Typhoon telecom breach remarkable for its ‘indiscriminate’ targeting, FBI official says </a> </h3> <span class="post-item__category"> <a class="post-item__category-link" href="https://cyberscoop.com/news/cybersecurity/">Cybersecurity</a> </span> </header> </article> <article class="post-item post-item--hero-2 "> <figure class="post-item__thumbnail"> <a class="post-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://cyberscoop.com/sean-cairncross-national-cyber-director-nomination-donald-trump/" tabindex="-1"> <img width="249" height="170" src="https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/GettyImages-1180845051.jpg?w=249" class="attachment-309x170 size-309x170 wp-post-image" alt="" style="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/GettyImages-1180845051.jpg 1920w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/GettyImages-1180845051.jpg?resize=300,205 300w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/GettyImages-1180845051.jpg?resize=768,524 768w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/GettyImages-1180845051.jpg?resize=1024,699 1024w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/GettyImages-1180845051.jpg?resize=1536,1049 1536w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/GettyImages-1180845051.jpg?resize=600,410 600w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/GettyImages-1180845051.jpg?resize=246,168 246w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/GettyImages-1180845051.jpg?resize=494,337 494w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/GettyImages-1180845051.jpg?resize=989,675 989w, https://cyberscoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/GettyImages-1180845051.jpg?resize=1235,843 1235w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px" /> </a> <figcaption class="screen-reader-text"> Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, accompanied by Sean Cairncross, then-CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, tours ISMALA, a Moroccan institute specializing in aeronautic industries and civil aviation logistics in Casablanca with its director Loubna Tricha on November 8, 2019. 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