The hunters go after the bureau.

This CyberWire Daily episode compiles recent cybersecurity headlines: a claimed breach and alleged leak of FBI employee data, the discovery of CLOSEDQUORUM — an autonomous AI-driven C2 implant, an IT error deleting 11 years of hospital maternity records, F5 patching a BIG‑IP APM zero‑day exploited for RCE, record-high ransomware activity and a Ryuk sentence, Microsoft's takedown of the EvilTokens cybercrime AI chatbot, and research showing malicious use of an AI coding assistant; the piece serves as a concise news roundup for practitioners.