Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security awarded a $1.3 million contract to Connecticut company Radeco to supply ICE with four modified Boston Dynamics Spot robots called Cerberus. The contract aims to counter cross‑border tunnels and smuggling operations through detection of radiation, toxic gas leaks, explosive threats, and remote inspection missions. Department of Homeland Security ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products The Department of Homeland Security filed a takedown notice through ZeroFox. Okta is used by the Department of Homeland Security.· Entity summary generated by Graphiti
Relation timeline
BY VALID-FROM DATE- OktaIS USED BYDepartment of Homeland Security
Okta is used by the Department of Homeland Security.
- Department of Homeland SecurityFILED TAKEDOWN NOTICE THROUGHOpen Anonymity Project
The Department of Homeland Security filed a takedown notice through ZeroFox.
- Corey LewandowskiSERVED ATDepartment of Homeland Security
Corey Lewandowski SERVED_AT Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Homeland SecurityHAS SECRETARYMarkwayne Mullin
Department of Homeland Security *HAS_SECRETARY* Markwayne Mullin
- ChinaCONDEMNEDDepartment of Homeland Security
China condemned the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to purge DeepSeek from federal systems.
- Department of Homeland SecurityISSUED ORDER BASED ONFederal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018
The Department of Homeland Security’s directive was issued pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018.
- Department of Homeland SecurityISSUED ORDER ONDeepseek
The Department of Homeland Security issued an order that covers the removal of DeepSeek products and third‑party services built using its technology.
- Department of Homeland SecurityRAISED CONCERNS ABOUTDeepseek
Department of Homeland Security raised concerns about DeepSeek’s handling of user data
- MetaOBJECTED TODepartment of Homeland Security
Meta objected to the US Department of Homeland Security order banning Deepseek technology
- AnthropicLOBBYED FORDepartment of Homeland Security
Anthropic lobbied for restrictions on the US Department of Homeland Security order banning Deepseek technology
- The New York TimesREPORTSDepartment of Homeland Security
New York Times reported that the US Department of Homeland Security considered steps against Chinese open-weight models
- MicrosoftOBJECTED TODepartment of Homeland Security
Microsoft objected to the US Department of Homeland Security order banning Deepseek technology
- GoogleOBJECTED TODepartment of Homeland Security
Google objected to the US Department of Homeland Security order banning Deepseek technology
- NVIDIAOBJECTED TODepartment of Homeland Security
Nvidia objected to the US Department of Homeland Security order banning Deepseek technology
- OpenAILOBBYED FORDepartment of Homeland Security
OpenAI lobbied for restrictions on the US Department of Homeland Security order banning Deepseek technology
- Treasury DepartmentSUBJECT OF BAN BYDepartment of Homeland Security
The ban applies to the Department of the Treasury.
- Department of JusticeSUBJECT OF BAN BYDepartment of Homeland Security
The ban applies to the Department of Justice.
- Department of DefenseEXCLUDED FROM BAN BYDepartment of Homeland Security
The Department of Defense is excluded from the ban.
- Department of Homeland SecurityORDERS REMOVEDeepseek
Department of Homeland Security orders civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek from their IT systems
- Department of Homeland SecurityORDERS BANDeepseek
Department of Homeland Security orders civilian agencies to stop buying DeepSeek or services built on DeepSeek
- Department of Homeland SecurityORDEREDDeepseek
Department of Homeland Security ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products
- Department of Homeland SecurityAWARDED CONTRACT TORadeco
On September 25, Department of Homeland Security awarded a $1.3 million contract to Radeco to provide ICE with modified Boston Dynamics Spot robots
- Department of Homeland SecurityBANS USE OFDeepseek
Department of Homeland Security banned all use of DeepSeek within civilian government agencies.
- Department of Homeland SecurityPART OFUS government
The Department of Homeland Security is a department within the United States government.
- Department of StateSUBJECT OF BAN BYDepartment of Homeland Security
The ban applies to the Department of State.
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Events 8
- Hackers Publish Work Details of 41,000 Homeland Security Employees1 cited report · 2026-10-30
- Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing1 cited report · 2026-10-27
- ICE plan to buy robot dogs spurs protest from hundreds of Boston Dynamics employees1 cited report · 2026-10-27
- US justice department investigating Corey Lewandowski over DHS role1 cited report · 2026-10-23
- President Trump to Highlight Crackdown on Overseas Crypto Scams1 cited report · 2026-10-21
- US orders DeepSeek purge from federal systems as Chinese AI rival opens its technology to the world3 cited reports · 2026-10-21
- US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systems1 cited report · 2026-10-20
- US Orders Civilian Agencies to Rip DeepSeek Out of Government Systems1 cited report · 2026-10-20
Source reports 10
- Hackers Publish Work Details of 41,000 Homeland Security EmployeesDecrypt · 2026-10-30
- Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to BeijingTechCrunch · AI · 2026-10-27
- ICE plan to buy robot dogs spurs protest from hundreds of Boston Dynamics employeesArs Technica · AI · 2026-10-27
- US justice department investigating Corey Lewandowski over DHS roleBBC World · 2026-10-23
- President Trump to Highlight Crackdown on Overseas Crypto ScamsBitcoin Magazine · 2026-10-21
- US orders DeepSeek purge from federal systems as Chinese AI rival opens its technology to the worldCryptoSlate · 2026-10-21
- US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systemsTechCrunch · AI · 2026-10-20
- US bans Deepseek technology across federal civilian agenciesThe Decoder · 2026-10-20
- US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominanceBBC Business · 2026-10-20
- US Orders Civilian Agencies to Rip DeepSeek Out of Government SystemsDecrypt · 2026-10-20