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Derek B. Johnson

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Derek B. Johnson is a reporter at CyberScoop, where his beat includes cybersecurity, elections and the federal government. Prior to that, he has provided award-winning coverage of cybersecurity news across the public and private sectors for various publications since 2017. Derek has a bachelor’s degree in print journalism from Hofstra University in New York and a master’s degree in public policy from George Mason University in Virginia.

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President Donald Trump attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

US intel officials: Kremlin once again prefers Trump

Threats

A screenshot from a Department of Justice affidavit on an AI-fueled Russian bot farm.

US, international authorities seize Russian AI bot farm

Cybercrime

The front of the U.S. Supreme Court building is seen after sunset on June 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Cybersecurity regulations face ‘uphill battle’ after Chevron ruling

Government

Chris Marchese, director of NetChoice’s litigation center, speaks to the press outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 26, 2024. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Supreme Court puts content moderation on solid legal ground

Government

Demonstrators gather outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as opinions were issued on June 28, 2024, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images)

Supreme Court hands Trump immunity for some attacks on election system

Government

Federal Communication Commission Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill Dec. 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

FCC wants major telecoms to step up rules around AI-generated robocalls

Policy

A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2024. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Supreme Court rejects effort to limit government communication on misinformation

Government

Protesters call for a “forensic audit” of the 2020 presidential election, during a demonstration by a group called Election Integrity Fund and Force, outside of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing on Oct. 12, 2021. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Picketed at work, confronted at church: Why election workers have left the job

Workforce

A photo illustration of a smartphone displaying social media applications. A top U.S. election security official said the increasing fragmentation of social media is posing new challenges around disinformation. (Photo by Anna Barclay/Getty Images)

U.S. election official: ‘Whack-a-mole’ strategies less effective to combat disinfo

Threats