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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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This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek app on a mobile phone in Beijing on January 27, 2025. Chinese firm DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence chatbot has soared to the top of the Apple Store’s download charts, stunning industry insiders and analysts with its ability to match its US competitors. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

DeepSeek AI claims services are facing ‘large-scale malicious attacks’

Technology

A photo taken on March 31, 2023 in Manta, near Turin, shows a computer screen with the home page of the artificial intelligence OpenAI web site, displaying its chatGPT robot. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Severe’ bug in ChatGPT’s API could be used to DDoS websites

Threats

A screen shows a virtual meeting with Microsoft Teams at ISE 2024 on January 30, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Cesc Maymo/Getty Images)

Ransomware groups pose as fake tech support over Teams

Ransomware

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Treasury sanctions Chinese cybersecurity company, affiliate for Salt Typhoon hacks

Cybercrime

U.S. President Joe Biden and then-Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Biden cyber executive order gets mostly plaudits, but its fate is uncertain

Government

CISA Director Jen Easterly testifies before a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on April 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

CISA director says threat hunters spotted Salt Typhoon on federal networks before telco compromises

Threats

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Fancy Bear spotted using real Kazak government documents in spearpishing campaign

Threats

Microsoft Romania headquarters in City Gate Towers situated in Free Press Square, in Bucharest, Romania. (Getty Images)

Microsoft moves to disrupt hacking-as-a-service scheme that’s bypassing AI safety measures

Technology

A view of the commission’s hearing room before a hearing at the Federal Communications Commission in 2017. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

FCC moves to tighten industry reporting rules for robocalls

Government