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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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WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 19: Attorney General Pam Bondi, accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (L) and FBI Director Kash Patel (R), speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Department of Justice is suing Fulton County, Georgia and its election clerk over the county’s refusal to hand over voter records, part of a larger nationwide project to collect as much election and voter information as possible from state and local governments ahead of the 2026 and 2028 elections. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

DOJ sues Fulton County over 2020 voter data

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, one of many election deniers Trump has sought to shield from legal consequences, is serving a nine-year state prison sentence that can’t be nullified by a presidential pardon. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

Trump moves to pardon Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, even though he can’t

Cybersecurity

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As White House moves to send AI chips to China, Trump’s DOJ prosecutes chip smugglers

Government

Cybersecurity insurer Coalition said it will start covering certain incidents where AI and deepfakes lead to reputational harm. (Image via Getty)

Organizations can now buy cyber insurance that covers deepfakes

Cybersecurity

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UK cyber agency warns LLMs will always be vulnerable to prompt injection

AI

Aikido found that AI coding tools from Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and others regularly embed untrusted prompts into software development workflows. (Image via Getty)

More evidence your AI agents can be turned against you

AI

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Sen. Mark Kelly: Investing in safe, secure AI is key to U.S. dominance

AI

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks to members of the press outside the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2023.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The Congressional remedy for Salt Typhoon? More information sharing with industry

Cybersecurity

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 04: Anthropic Co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaks at a September 04, 2025 conference panel in San Francisco, California. The House Homeland Security Committee asked Dario Amodei to answer questions about the implications of the attack and how policymakers and AI companies can respond.(Photo by Chance Yeh/Getty Images for HubSpot)

Congress calls on Anthropic CEO to testify on Chinese Claude espionage campaign

Geopolitics