DHS orders federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products
Original title: DHS bans DeepSeek products across US federal civilian agencies
The order also covers affiliates and third-party products built on DeepSeek, with CISA reviewing exceptions.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ordered federal civilian agencies to stop procuring DeepSeek products and remove them from agency IT systems. Covered items include products from DeepSeek affiliates and third-party services built with DeepSeek technology. Agencies may request an exception within 60 days; CISA reviews those requests and can help agencies that cannot comply on their own. DHS cites concern that Chinese authorities could access DeepSeek infrastructure and government data, and points to a February 2025 NowSecure report on the DeepSeek iOS app. The order does not ban private or consumer use.
- Agencies must drop covered products from procurement lists immediately.
- Exception requests are due within 60 days of issuance.
- NowSecure reported unencrypted traffic, weak crypto, and ByteDance data sharing in the iOS app.
- The notice appeared in the Federal Register a day after Public Inspection.
- 1.Federal civilian agencies should remove covered DeepSeek products or file an exception within 60 days.
- Organizations
- Department of Homeland SecurityCISANowSecure
- Countries
- United StatesChina
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The U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ordering federal civilian agencies to stop using DeepSeek products and remove them from government systems.
By Bill Toulas · bleepingcomputer.com
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