LA · 2026-11-15 13:05 UTC

The US banned DeepSeek from government software. It never said how to tell which software has it

On October 20, the US published a July 24 order, signed by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, telling civilian agencies to stop buying from DeepSeek and remove its products and third-party products "developed using DeepSeek implementations" from government computers. Agencies had 60 days to request exceptions, a window that closed around September 22, four weeks before the order appeared in the Federal Register. The order does not explain how to identify third-party software built on DeepSeek; it only suggests monitoring network traffic and logs, with possible help from CISA.

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