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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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The front of the U.S. Supreme Court building is seen after sunset on June 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Supreme Court denies Trump request to allow USPS mail ballot changes

Cybersecurity

OpenAI confirmed it was investigating an incident in May where the company’s AI agents uploaded thousands of malicious software packages to a public code repository RubyGems. (Source: RubyGems)

Researchers say OpenAI agents were behind May hacking campaign targeting RubyGems

AI

The Apple Health application is seen on a iPhone on December 1, 2017. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

FTC rescinds policy statement requiring health apps to notify customers after a breach

Cybersecurity

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Feds accuse China of ‘systematic’ distillation of U.S. AI models

AI

This photograph shows the G7 sign during the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 16, 2026. A working group report from the summit called on countries to speed up adoption of post-quantum encryption. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

The G7 tells industry to hurry up and prep for post-quantum encryption

Cybersecurity

The seal for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen in the agency’s briefing room during a meeting at headquarters on Feb. 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

FCC proposes public scorecard to rate telecoms on anti-robocall efforts

Cybersecurity

CASTLE ROCK, CO – JUNE 26: A dobermann wearing a service dog registration is held onstage as former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters speaks during the first day of the Rocky Mountain Voice Freedom Festival on Friday, June 26, 2026, at the Douglas County Fairgrounds in Castle Rock, Colo. (Photo by Timothy Hurst/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Tina Peters, through attorney, backs off formal role in Shasta County elections

Cybersecurity

The inspector general report isn’t the first time the USPS has been taken to task for its cybersecurity shortcomings. (Flickr/Aranami)

Whistleblower says USPS deploying new, ‘untested’ IT systems governing mail-in ballots

Cybersecurity

An inflatable effigy of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, protesting Musk’s Grok AI, stands in Times Square in New York City on June 11, 2026. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

Former sexual abuse victims say Grok used their images, videos to train deepfake capabilities

Government