DHS bans DeepSeek from US civilian federal agencies
Original title: DHS to ban DeepSeek from federal civilian agencies
Agencies must remove existing copies and exclude future purchases, with exceptions requiring 60 days' notice.
The Department of Homeland Security is barring civilian federal agencies from procuring information technology products and services from Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence. A June 26 letter from Secretary Markwayne Mullin, due in the Federal Register, cites data stored on servers in China, collection of personal information and digital fingerprints, and the risk that prompts send sensitive data to the Chinese government. Agencies must drop copies already installed. DeepSeek is the only Chinese model named.
Unconfirmed: The order describes potential malware and intelligence risks; it does not report a confirmed federal compromise.
- The exclusion letter is dated June 26 and the ban has been in effect for months.
- Exceptions need a request 60 days ahead and a compelling justification.
- Agencies are encouraged to monitor traffic and log possible data exfiltration.
- Mullin says some cited risks could also apply to other Chinese and US models.
- Countries
- United StatesChina
- AI models
- DeepSeek
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