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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.

Articles by Author

The original stock picture (left) and an AI fake (right) used by a North Korean threat actor who posed as a U.S.-based software engineer and was hired by the cyber firm KnowBe4. (Photo credit: KnowBe4)

Pyongyang on the payroll? Signs that your company has hired a North Korean IT worker

Cybercrime

Hispanic voters go to the polls for early voting at the Miami-Dade Government Center on Oct. 21, 2004 in Miami. (Photo by G. De Cardenas/Getty Images)

Spanish-speaking voters are in the crosshairs of disinformation agents

Election Security

Visitors walk past the U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Lawmakers press agencies, telecoms for more details on Salt Typhoon hacks

Government

The Marriott Downtown Orlando hotel on March 8, 2006. (Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images)

Marriott agrees to pay $52 million settlement, improve data security practices

Cybersecurity

This photo illustration shows the ChatGPT logo at an office in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2023. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

OpenAI says it has disrupted 20-plus foreign influence networks in past year

Threats

A US President Donald Trump supporter screams at supporters of Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center as ballot counting continues inside in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 6, 2020. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Election offices are preparing for a smooth voting process — and angry voters

Election Security

SEDALIA, CO – JUNE 28: Mesa County Clerk and Colorado Republican candidate for secretary of state Tina Peters reacts to early election returns during a primary night watch party at the Wide Open Saloon on June 28, 2022 in Sedalia, Colorado. Peters lost to former Jefferson County Clerk Pam Anderson, who will move on to face Democratic incumbent Jena Griswold. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

Former Mesa County clerk sentenced to 9 years for 2020 voting system breach

Election Security

T-Mobile — (Mike Mozart / Flickr)

T-Mobile reaches $31.5 million settlement with FCC over past data breaches

Cybersecurity

Former U.S. President Donald Trump during the National Guard Association of the United States’ 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center on Aug. 26 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

U.S. government charges three Iranians in Trump campaign hack

Geopolitics