{"id":54257,"date":"2025-02-13T09:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/?p=54257"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:54:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:54:45","slug":"cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Warning: do not use DeepSeek AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that develops open-source large language models (LLMs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VCCS has stated that DeepSeek AI should not be used for any reason based on several cybersecurity threat assessments warning organizations to block the usage of DeepSeek AI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IET has blocked DeepSeek AI from usage at Virginia Western. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions please reach out to our Help Desk or submit a TeamDynamix ticket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that develops open-source large language models (LLMs). The VCCS has stated that DeepSeek AI should not be used for any reason based on several cybersecurity threat assessments warning organizations to block the usage of DeepSeek AI. IET has blocked DeepSeek AI from usage at Virginia Western. If<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/\"> (Read the full article&#8230;)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"jthomas","author_link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/author\/jthomas\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cybersecurity Warning: do not use DeepSeek AI - Virginia Western Bulletin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cybersecurity Warning: do not use DeepSeek AI - Virginia Western Bulletin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that develops open-source large language models (LLMs). The VCCS has stated that DeepSeek AI should not be used for any reason based on several cybersecurity threat assessments warning organizations to block the usage of DeepSeek AI. IET has blocked DeepSeek AI from usage at Virginia Western. If (Read the full article...)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Virginia Western Bulletin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-13T14:54:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-13T14:54:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"jthomas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"jthomas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/13\\\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/13\\\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"jthomas\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a640abb5c1adc40ee283b379eb76317\"},\"headline\":\"Cybersecurity Warning: do not use DeepSeek AI\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-13T14:54:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-13T14:54:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/13\\\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":78,\"articleSection\":[\"Campus News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/13\\\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/13\\\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cybersecurity Warning: do not use DeepSeek AI - Virginia Western Bulletin\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-13T14:54:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-13T14:54:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a640abb5c1adc40ee283b379eb76317\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/13\\\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/13\\\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/13\\\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cybersecurity Warning: do not use DeepSeek AI\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/\",\"name\":\"Virginia Western Bulletin\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.virginiawestern.edu\\\/bulletin\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a640abb5c1adc40ee283b379eb76317\",\"name\":\"jthomas\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cybersecurity Warning: do not use DeepSeek AI - Virginia Western Bulletin","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cybersecurity Warning: do not use DeepSeek AI - Virginia Western Bulletin","og_description":"DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that develops open-source large language models (LLMs). The VCCS has stated that DeepSeek AI should not be used for any reason based on several cybersecurity threat assessments warning organizations to block the usage of DeepSeek AI. IET has blocked DeepSeek AI from usage at Virginia Western. If (Read the full article...)","og_url":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/","og_site_name":"Virginia Western Bulletin","article_published_time":"2025-02-13T14:54:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-13T14:54:45+00:00","author":"jthomas","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"jthomas","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/"},"author":{"name":"jthomas","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/#\/schema\/person\/4a640abb5c1adc40ee283b379eb76317"},"headline":"Cybersecurity Warning: do not use DeepSeek AI","datePublished":"2025-02-13T14:54:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-13T14:54:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/"},"wordCount":78,"articleSection":["Campus News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/","url":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/","name":"Cybersecurity Warning: do not use DeepSeek AI - Virginia Western Bulletin","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-02-13T14:54:42+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-13T14:54:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/#\/schema\/person\/4a640abb5c1adc40ee283b379eb76317"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/2025\/02\/13\/cybersecurity-warning-do-not-use-deepseek-ai\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cybersecurity Warning: do not use DeepSeek AI"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/","name":"Virginia Western Bulletin","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/#\/schema\/person\/4a640abb5c1adc40ee283b379eb76317","name":"jthomas"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2028-04-08 10:07:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}