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Reporter and knowledge broker @CyberScoopNews, covering elections, privacy and more. Priors @fcwnow and @scmagazine. Catch me at derek.johnson@cyberscoop.com.
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Exclusive: bipartisan bill would develop federal guidance for distillation attacks, convene industry on defensive cyber

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By Derek Johnson Verified
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A new bipartisan House bill would charge the federal government with developing formal guidance for defending AI models against distillation attacks. The AI Cyber Defense Act, shared exclusively with CyberScoop ahead of release, is sponsored by Reps. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., and George Whitesides, D-Calif.
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DOJ escalates fight for election supremacy with California raids

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By Derek Johnson Verified
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A series of federal raids and arrests of voters in California has escalated the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to take administrative control of U.S. elections. The arrests, paired with comments from top officials at the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, also make it clear that the federal government is willing to act on its past threats to investigate, arrest, or prosecute more than 190,000 California voters who the administration claims are “potential” noncitizens.
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DHS to ban DeepSeek from federal civilian agencies

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By Derek Johnson Verified
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The Department of Homeland Security is banning the use of Chinese AI model DeepSeek and its affiliates by civilian federal agencies. The notice, set to publish Tuesday in the Federal Register, cites the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Act and a review by the Federal Acquisition Security Council to bar federal agencies from buying all information technology products and services from parent company Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence.
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