US Homeland Security bans DeepSeek for civilian agencies
( October 20, 2026, 15:07 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Department of Homeland Security published notice of an order banning Chinese company DeepSeek's IT products from federal civilian agency procurement. The order also bars "DeepSeek and DeepSeek-affiliate products, and third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek implementations, from civilian agency information technology." The notice cites "threat vectors" for DeepSeek's models including that its servers are located in the People's Republic of China, and that PRC "government cyber and intelligence functions" can access private companies' infrastructure.See notice attached. ...
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