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The US Just Ordered DeepSeek Ripped Out of Federal Systems — Including Apps That Quietly Use Its Models

October 22, 2026October 21, 2026 by Shoaib Hassan

Original illustration: a dark government server room at night, rows of racks with one glowing red node being pulled out by a silhouetted hand, cables hanging, cool blue emergency lighting with an amber alarm glow in the distance, teal and amber grade

In brief The Department of Homeland Security has ordered all US federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products from their IT systems and stop buying them, under the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018. The order does two separate things: it excludes DeepSeek products from future procurement, and it mandates the removal of … Read more

One Hacker, $5,000, and an Army of AI Agents: How 100+ Company Sites Were Breached

October 23, 2026October 21, 2026 by Shoaib Hassan

Original illustration of glowing server nodes probed by autonomous drones at night, with one node flaring red where an AI-agent breach lands

A single hacker broke into the websites of more than 100 companies — including John Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins — by handing the work to AI agents and spending about $5,000. Here is how the attack worked, what each breach cost, and why Microsoft now treats AI agents as insider threats. In brief What happened: … Read more