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Derek B. Johnson

CyberScoop

Derek B. Johnson is a reporter at CyberScoop, where his beat includes cybersecurity, elections and the federal government. Prior to that, he has provided award-winning coverage of cybersecurity news across the public and private sectors for various publications since 2017. Derek has a bachelor’s degree in print journalism from Hofstra University in New York and a master’s degree in public policy from George Mason University in Virginia.

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Cursor’s AI coding agent morphed ‘into local shell’ with one-line prompt attack

AI

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 17: U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) walks to the Senate Chambers U.S. Capitol on June 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Padilla has returned to the U.S. Capitol with a bigger security detail and is set to make a speech on the Senate Floor, where he will discuss his removal from a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after trying to ask a question. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats call Trump admin’s focus on state voter rolls a pretext for disenfranchisement

Government

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 18: In this photo illustration, Gemini Ai is seen on an iPad on March 18, 2024 in New York City. Apple announced that they’re exploring a partnership with Google to license the Gemini AI-powered features on iPhones with iOS updates later this year. Google already has a deal in place with Apple to be the preferred search engine provider on iPhones for the Safari browser. (Photo Illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Researchers flag flaw in Google’s AI coding assistant that allowed for ‘silent’ code exfiltration

AI

SOLVANG, CA – DECEMBER 2: Tourists flock to this Danish-themed town to view the colorful lights of the Christmas holiday season and to dine on aebleskivers, ice cream, and baked goods as viewed on December 2, 2023, in Solvang, California. Following the notoriety from the Academy Award-winning film Sideways, this buccolic farming region north of Santa Barbara has become a popular Wine Country stop for global and domestic tourists traveling between San Francisco and Los Angeles. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)

Hundreds of registered data brokers ignore user requests around personal data

Privacy

President Donald Trump answers questions while departing the White House on July 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump AI plan pushes critical infrastructure to use AI for cyber defense

Technology

voting, election, polling, politics — Voting carrels in the 2019 Ohio general election. (Tim Evanson / Flickr)

House Republicans endorse stricter state and federal-led voter roll purges despite dearth of evidence on fraud

Election Security

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 28: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

After website hack, Arizona election officials unload on Trump’s CISA

Government

A worker walks inside of an uranium conversion facility in Iran on March 30, 2005. Stuxnet, a piece of malware reportedly developed by Israel and the U.S. to destroy equipment in the facilities like the one pictured, will be the subject of a forthcoming Congressional hearing. (Photo by Getty Images)

House hearing will use Stuxnet to search for novel ways to confront OT cyberthreats

Government

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 17: U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) walks to the Senate Chambers U.S. Capitol on June 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Padilla has returned to the U.S. Capitol with a bigger security detail and is set to make a speech on the Senate Floor, where he will discuss his removal from a news conference being held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after trying to ask a question. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats seek answers on Trump overhaul of immigrant database to find noncitizen voters

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