“Hundreds” companies block Deepseek over the risks of data in China

Deepseek led the US through a storm This week: The Chinese company chats rose to the top of Apple and Play stores while the main American cloud suppliers like Microsoft They started offering it on their platforms.

But “hundreds” companies – especially those with government links – have blocked the service, Bloomberg reported Based on interviews with heads of cybersecurity companies Armis and Netskope.

“The biggest concern is the potential leakage of the AI ​​model for the Chinese government,” Armis Nadir Israel’s CTO told CTO.

Bloomberg law separately reported That a law firm in San Francisco, Fox Rothschild, also blocks Deepseek.

According to Deepseek’s Privacy PolicyThe company stores all user data in China where local laws mandate Companies share data with intelligence agencies on request.

The Pentagon has a simple began to block Deepseek while the Navy Forbid it last week.