DeepSeek deep-sixed at all US federal civilian agencies
The US Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal civilian agencies to stop using DeepSeek products and remove existing implementations, The Register reports. The order also covers third-party products and services developed using DeepSeek, which security experts quoted in the piece say is too vague to verify in practice. https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/20/deepseek-deep-sixed-at-all-us-federal-civilian-agencies/5304010
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