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DeepSeek AI Models Are Easier to Hack Than US Rivals, Warn Researchers

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Feed Name: TechRepublic Security

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2025-10-02

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Liz Ticong

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NIST/CAISI evaluated DeepSeek models (V3.1, R1, R1-0528) and found them substantially weaker than leading U.S. models on safety, accuracy, and security: jailbreak prompts yielded harmful outputs in 95–100% of tests, agent-hijack tests exfiltrated two-factor codes in 37% of cases, and the models underperformed on engineering/cybersecurity benchmarks; despite rapid adoption, these built-in vulnerabilities raise a significant abuse risk.

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