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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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US President Donald Trump (C) and Open AI CEO Sam Altman (L) react during a working lunch meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. A G7 summit is set to take place June 15 to 17 in the French town of Evian-les-Bains near Switzerland and it will be attended by country leaders as well as the EU’s foreign policy chief and ministers from Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)

Citing China, President Trump doubles down on hands-off approach to AI regulation

AI

Researchers at Hacktron discovered a vulnerability, HEIF Heist, named for its ability to trigger memory corruption errors in affected software, allowing the attacker to pilfer sensitive data from its victims. (Image Source: Getty)

Researchers use AI to find widespread software decoder flaw

Technology

In recent conversations, cybersecurity and national security professionals raised questions about both the technical solutions OpenAI and Anthropic use to contain their models, as well as the glaring absence of federal oversight from federal regulators or truly independent third-party review. (Image via Getty)

The AI hacking apocalypse is not inevitable

Government

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

Election Security

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

Technology

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

Government

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

Government

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

Government

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