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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Russia’s flagship airline suffers a major cyberattack. U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life confirms the compromise of personal data belonging to most of its 1.4 million customers. A women’s dating safety app spills the tea. NASCAR confirms a data breach. Researchers believe the newly emerged Chaos ransomware group may be a rebrand of BlackSuit. Over 200,000 WordPress sites remain vulnerable to account takeover attacks. Lawmakers introduce legislation to Stop AI Price Gouging and Wage Fixing. States band together to regulate data brokers. My Caveat cohost Ben Yelin explains the impending expiration of the Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act. Expel missed the mark, but nails the apology. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today’s guest is Ben Yelin from University of Maryland Center for Cyber Health and Hazard Strategies, and co-host on the Caveat podcast, on the impending expiration of the Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act. If you enjoyed this conversation, head on over to the Caveat podcast to hear more from Ben. Selected Reading Russia's Aeroflot cancels flights after pro-Ukrainian hackers claim massive cyberattack (Reuters) Allianz Life says 'majority' of customers' personal data stolen in cyberattack (TechCrunch) Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan (404 Media) NASCAR Confirms Personal Information Stolen in Ransomware Attack (SecurityWeek) BlackSuit Ransomware Group Transitioning to 'Chaos' Amid Leak Site Seizure (SecurityWeek) Post SMTP plugin flaw exposes 200K WordPress sites to hijacking attacks (Bleeping Computer) Congress introduces bill to ban AI surveillance pricing (The Register) An inside look into how a coalition of state legislators plan to take on data brokers (The Record) An important update (and apology) on our PoisonSeed blog (Expel) Audience Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.3	Get a free data risk assessment at veronis.com. Russia's flagship airline suffers a major cyber attack.
1:05.1	US insurance giant alliance life confirms the compromise of personal data belonging to most of its 1.4 million customers.
1:08.7	A women's dating safety app spills the tea. NASCAR confirms a data breach.
1:13.6	Researchers believe the newly emerged chaos ransomware group may be a rebrand of black suit.
1:19.6	Over 200,000 WordPress sites remain vulnerable to account takeover attacks.
1:24.6	Lawmakers introduced legislation to stop AI price gouging and wage fixing.
1:29.6	States banned together to regulate data brokers. My caveat co-host Ben Yellen explains the
1:35.0	impending expiration of the Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act, and expel missed the mark, but
1:41.7	nails the apology.
1:53.1	Music spell missed the mark, but nails the apology. It's Monday, July 28, 2025.
1:56.6	I'm Dave Bittner, and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing.
2:11.7	Thank you. I'm Dave Bittner, and this is your Cyberwire Intel briefing. Thanks for joining us. It is great to have you with us here today.
2:16.5	Russia's flagship airline Aeroflot suffered a major cyber attack Monday,
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