US Orders Civilian Federal Agencies to Remove DeepSeek From IT Systems

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has barred DeepSeek products and services from civilian federal agency procurement and ordered their removal from IT systems.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has barred DeepSeek products and services from civilian federal agency procurement and ordered their removal from IT systems.

CVE-2026-82533 in DeepSeek Harness allowed an AI agent to disable file sandbox restrictions through a local API. Fixed versions are available.

CISA, NSA and the FBI say six Chinese companies obtained outputs from US AI models on a large scale. Beijing rejects the allegations as unfounded.