Scammers celebrate with a bang.

This CyberWire Daily briefing highlights multiple recent security incidents and industry developments: a NYU website hack exposed data for over three million applicants; a Steam game demo was removed after delivering info‑stealing malware; Medusa ransomware was reported to use a malicious driver to disable security tools; the Cloak ransomware group claimed an attack on the Virginia Attorney General’s Office; additionally, the episode covers privacy and legal stories (23andMe bankruptcy, Clearview AI settlement), commentary on information‑sharing policy and the CVE program, and research on trapping misbehaving AI bots.