The internet joins the war.

This CyberWire Daily briefing aggregates several active and notable cybersecurity developments: retaliatory hacktivist DDoS activity in the Middle East, defense firms distancing themselves from Anthropic’s Claude, a multinational law‑enforcement takedown of the Leakbase cybercrime forum, reports of Cisco SD‑WAN vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild, an urgent Chrome security update addressing multiple critical flaws, and privacy issues around age verification and TikTok DMs.