US orders federal civilian agencies to purge DeepSeek within 60 days
Original title: US bans DeepSeek across federal agencies, putting AI supply chains under scrutiny
The ban covers Hangzhou DeepSeek technology and third-party tools built on it, with written CISA exemptions possible.
The US Secretary of Homeland Security ordered federal agencies to remove DeepSeek products and services within 60 days. A Federal Register document bans procurement of technology from China-based Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., including affiliated products and third-party tools built on DeepSeek implementations. The order cites servers in China, collection of personally identifiable information, possible transfer of sensitive prompts, and a claim that models may contain malware or other flaws. It does not apply to private users, the public, state and local governments, or Defense Department national security systems. Until the ban takes effect, DHS advised agencies to monitor traffic, increase logging, and flag anomalous activity.
Unconfirmed: The order asserts models may contain malware; the article does not independently confirm that claim, and DeepSeek reportedly fixed the 2025 exposure.
- Agencies with a compelling justification may request a written exemption from CISA.
- Named civilian agencies include Treasury, State, and Justice.
- DHS pointed to February 2025 research on vulnerable iOS apps using the technology.
- DeepSeek is open-sourcing DeepInfer, which powers DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash.
- In January 2025 an unsecured database exposed more than one million log entries, including chat histories and API secrets.
- Countries
- United StatesChina
- AI models
- DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash
From the original article
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DeepSeek has been dealt a huge blow in the US, even as it continues to innovate and keep pace with, or in some cases outperform, rival models from American labs. The US Secretary of Homeland Security has issued an order banning all DeepSeek products and services from federal agencies.
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