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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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California’s legal push on geolocation data collection must take aim at the right targets, privacy experts say

Privacy

The Stop CSAM Act, first introduced in 2023 by Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., (above) and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., would impose several new requirements on companies to prevent the hosting and distribution of child sexual abuse material on their platforms.

Legislative push for child online safety runs afoul of encryption advocates (again)

Government

Bulazel mentioned the energy sector in particular, given the potential for hackers to turn off the power in the United States. It’s a sector that relies in large measure on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to monitor and control industrial processes. (Image Credit: AndreyPopov via Getty Images)

Multiple vulnerabilities found in ICONICS industrial SCADA software

Technology

CISA, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, RSA 2019 — The DHS and CISA booth at the 2019 RSA conference in San Francisco. (Scoop News Group photo)

CISA completed its election security review. It won’t make the results public

Government

Graphika’s investigation identified at least 10,000 AI chatbots that were directly advertised as sexualized, minor-presenting personas, including ones that called to APIs for OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini LLMs. (Image Credit: Carol Yepes via Getty Images)

Anorexia coaches, self-harm buddies and sexualized minors: How online communities are using AI chatbots for harmful behavior

AI

A sign for the National Security Agency, U.S Cyber Command and Central Security Service, is seen near the visitor’s entrance to the headquarters of the National Security Agency on February 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating’ to cyber, national security

Government

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SolarWinds CISO says security execs are ‘nervous’ about individual liability for data breaches

Cybersecurity

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Microsoft IDs developers behind alleged generative AI hacking-for-hire scheme

Cybercrime

Attacks on industrial organizations soared by 87% last year, while the number of ransomware groups impacting the OT/ICS space jumped 60%, according to cybersecurity firm Dragos. (Image Source: Getty Images)

Dragos: Surge of new hacking groups enter ICS space as states collaborate with private actors

Geopolitics