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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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Ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) participates in the first hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, in the Cannon House Office Building on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. In an exclusive, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., told CyberScoop that policymakers must learn from past mistakes around 5G. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Congressional leaders want an executive branch strategy on China 6G, tech supply chain

Geopolitics

The model, currently in beta mode, is designed to automatically scan, analyze and patch vulnerabilities in private and open-source code bases. (Image via Getty)

OpenAI releases ‘Aardvark’ security and patching model

Technology

Heather Honey, a conservative election researcher, leaves the federal courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo, File)

Government watchdog sues DHS over election official’s records

Election Security

The entrance of 2514 Eisenhower Avenue, where the National Science Foundation is also located, is seen on July 8, 2025 in Alexandria, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Open-source security group pulls out of U.S. grant, citing DEI restrictions

Government

Researchers poke holes in OpenAI’s new browser as standards bodies fear U.S. businesses are “sleepwalking” into an AI governance crisis. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty

Exclusive: OpenAI’s Atlas browser — and others — can be tricked by manipulated web content

AI

The Foreign Robocall Elimination Act would create a new task force and give policymakers granular insight into the notoriously complex telecommunications ecosystem.(Image via Getty)

Robocalling task force bill advances in Senate

Government

The Digital Childhood Institute, which filed a complaint with the FTC, is part of a newer crop of online safety groups focused on shaping tech policy around conservative political beliefs. (Image Via Getty)

Apple and Google challenged by parents’ rights coalition on youth privacy protections

Privacy

A satellite over the U.S. East Coast. (Pixabay)

Researchers find a startlingly cheap way to steal your secrets from space

Government

The Chinese hacking group gained persistent access to a popular mapping tool by turning one of its features into a webshell and hardcoding access, according to ReliaQuest. (Image Via Getty)

Flax Typhoon can turn your own software against you

Cybersecurity