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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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U.S. intelligence officials have assessed that the Russian government’s efforts were largely in support of Trump while Iranian influence efforts were primarily targeted towards helping the electoral chances of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. (Image Source: Getty Images)

US sanctions Russian, Iranian groups for election interference

Technology

Treasury officials were notified by BeyondTrust on Dec. 8 that “a threat actor had gained access to a key used by the vendor to secure a cloud-based service used to remotely provide technical support for Treasury Departmental Offices end users.” (Image Via Getty)

Treasury workstations hacked by China-linked threat actors

Government

On Dec. 27, VulnCheck detailed the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12856, wherein an attacker can leverage default credentials in Four-Faith F3x24 and F3x36 routers to remotely inject commands into the operating system. (Getty Images)

Thousands of industrial routers vulnerable to command injection flaw

Uncategorized

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South Korea sanctions 15 North Koreans for IT worker scams, financial hacking schemes

Cybercrime

The US Department of State building is seen in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike / AFP)

State Department’s disinformation office to close after funding nixed in NDAA

Government

The US Department of State building is seen in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Alastair Pike / AFP)

Can the Global Engagement Center make the case for itself?

Government

election day — People cast their votes at an early voting site at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on November 03, 2024 in Washington, D.C.(Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

False bomb threats at polling sites only blemish on Election Day voting process

Election Security

CyberScoop canvassed a wide range of officials, experts and observers about the post-election scenarios they are most concerned about and why. (Source: PM Images via Getty Images)

The post-election threats you need to prepare for, according to experts

Uncategorized

Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters is photographed on Oct. 8, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

FBI flags false videos impersonating agency, claiming Democratic ballot fraud

Election Security