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Derek B. Johnson

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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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Person’s hand holding an iPhone and using the Luma Labs Dream Machine artificial intelligence video generator, a generative AI system for creating videos, Lafayette, California, June 26, 2024. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Mandiant flags fake AI video generators laced with malware

AI

WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 05: Federal Communication Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 05, 2019 in Washington, DC. All five of the FCC commissioners testified before the subcommittee, which is tasked with oversight of the commission. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

FCC looking to expand anti-robocalling initiative

Government

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A house full of open windows: Why telecoms may never purge their networks of Salt Typhoon

Cybersecurity

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez speaks during an open commission meeting on April 28, 2025. (Screenshot)

FCC commissioner blasts Trump administration censorship policies

Geopolitics

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 15: Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson testifies before the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

FTC wants a new, segregated software system to police deepfake porn

AI

Speech bubble on smartphone screen.

FBI warns of fake texts, deepfake calls impersonating senior U.S. officials

AI

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Fancy Bear campaign sought emails of high-level Ukrainians and their military suppliers

Geopolitics

A man holds a flag that reads “Shame” outside the Library of Congress on May 12, 2025 in Washington, D.C. On May 8, President Donald Trump fired Carla Hayden, the head of the Library of Congress, and Shira Perlmutter, the head of the U.S. Copyright Office just days after. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Copyright office criticizes AI ‘fair use’ before director’s dismissal

Government

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State and local election officials plead with Congress for election security funding

Government