Leaky chats collide with shifting security standards.

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🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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A popular chatbot exposes millions of private user messages. The White House rescinds Biden-era federal software security guidance. A senior Secret Service official urges more scrutiny of domain registration. The President’s NSA pick champions section 702. France looks to reduce reliance on U.S. digital infrastructure. CISA shares guidance on insider threats. Hugging Face infrastructure was abused to distribute an Android RAT. Ivanti discloses a pair of critical zero-days. Popular dating sites suffer a data breach. Our guest is Tim Starks from CyberScoop, discussing how the US looks to push its view of AI cybersecurity standards to the rest of the world. The Nobel Committee blames hackers for a spoiler alert. 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 Our guest is Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing how the US looks to push its view of AI cybersecurity standards to the rest of the world. You can read Tim’s coverage here. Selected Reading Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations (404 Media) White House Scraps 'Burdensome' Software Security Rules (SecurityWeek) The 'staggering' cybersecurity weakness that isn't getting enough focus, according to a top Secret Service official (CyberScoop) NSA pick champions foreign spying law as nomination advances (The Record) French Government To Replace Zoom and Teams With Visio, a Local Alternative (The New York Times) CISA Urges Critical Infrastructure Organizations to Take Action Against Insider Threats (HSToday) Hugging Face Abused to Deploy Android RAT (SecurityWeek) Ivanti warns of two EPMM flaws exploited in zero-day attacks (Bleeping Computer) Match Group breach exposes data from Hinge, Tinder, OkCupid, and Match (Bleeping Computer) Nobel Hacking Likely Leaked Peace Prize Winner Name, Probe Finds (Bloomberg) Share your feedback. What do you think about CyberWire Daily? Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey. Thank you for helping us continue to improve our show. Want to hear your company in the show? N2K CyberWire helps you reach the industry’s most influential leaders and operators, while building visibility, authority, and connectivity across the cybersecurity community. Learn more at sponsor.thecyberwire.com. 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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1:45.5	A popular chatbot exposes millions of private user messages.
1:49.5	The White House rescinds Biden-era federal software security guidance.
1:54.1	A senior secret service official urges more scrutiny of domain registration.
1:58.1	The president's NSA pick champions Section 702.
2:02.0	France looks to reduce reliance on U.S. digital infrastructure.
2:04.7	Sisa shares guidance on insider threats.
2:08.8	Hugging face infrastructure was abused to distribute an Android rat.
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