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DeepSeek helps speed up threat detection while raising national security concerns


DeepSeek and its R1 model aren't wasting any time rewriting the rules of cybersecurity AI in real-time. Enterprises can't ignore this risk.

Itamar Golan, CEO of startup Prompt Security and a core member of OWASP’s Top 10 for large language models (LLMs), argues that data privacy risks extend beyond just DeepSeek. “If data flow to China is a significant national security concern, the U.S. government may want to intervene through strategic initiatives such as subsidizing domestic AI providers to maintain competitive pricing and market balance.” During a probe of DeepSeek’s public infrastructure, cloud security provider Wiz’s research team discovered a ClickHouse database open on the internet with more than a million lines of logs with chat histories, secret keys and backend details.

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