Cyber news, week of August 17, 2026

Monday, August 17, 2026

1. 0117:45 UTC

   Coverage recordmcall.com: “Burnham reportedly exchanged messages with White House official impostor”

   6 outlets · first: wmur.com Threat intelligence

   Reports ran between 17:45 and 19:00 UTC on Aug 17.

   The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

   Reported by wmur.com, Ksat, wcvb.com, ksl.com, abc7ny.com and mcall.com.

   • White House

2. 0209:15 UTC

   Ukrainian drone attacks struck about 20 Wildberries facilities over a month, reports say

   2 outlets · first: khqa.com Threat intelligence

   Machine summary The strikes targeted warehouses of Russia's largest online retailer, the reports said.

   1. Reports state that the attacks started during a July weekend, lasted one month, and ranged from Moscow and St. Petersburg to southern cities and east as far as the Ural Mountains.
   2. The targets were warehouses belonging to Wildberries, described in the reports as Russia's biggest online retailer.
   3. The reports said the attacks hit about 20 Wildberries facilities.
   4. The reports said hundreds of thousands of individual sellers lost merchandise.

   Reported by khqa.com and economictimes.indiatimes.com.

   • Russia
   • Wildberries
   • Individual sellers

3. 0317:45 UTC

   SentinelOne shares fall after Deutsche Bank downgrade

   2 outlets · first: markets.financialcontent.com Security

   Machine summary According to TipRanks, SentinelOne shares dropped 4.3% during the afternoon session after Deutsche Bank's Brad Zelnick, an analyst, downgraded the stock from Buy to Hold.

   1. SentinelOne shares fell 4.3% in the afternoon session after the downgrade.
   2. After the initial drop, the shares rose to $22.15, down 4.2% from the previous close.

   Reported by markets.financialcontent.com and finance.yahoo.com.

   • Deutsche Bank
   • SentinelOne

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

1. 0407:45 UTC

   FTC investigates Epic Systems over access to patient health data

   1 outlet · first: Afghanistan News (Big News Network) Security

   Machine summary afghanistannews.net reports that the FTC is investigating Epic Systems regarding access to patient health data. austinglobe.com reports that Epic Systems is facing an FTC antitrust probe into health data access.

   1. The FTC is investigating Epic Systems over access to patient health data.
   2. The reports describe the matter as an antitrust probe.

   Reported by Afghanistan News (Big News Network) and austinglobe.com (Big News Network).

   • FTC
   • Epic Systems

2. 0522:00 UTC

   DOJ indicts 17 Iranian nationals over alleged cyber piracy

   1 outlet · first: iHeartRadio Threat intelligence

   Machine summary Key facts from the reports:

   1. The DOJ indicted 17 Iranian nationals, according to the source reports.
   2. The reports say the DOJ accuses them of a cyber piracy campaign allegedly backed by the IRGC.

   Reported by iHeartRadio.

3. 0603:18 UTC

   Law firm investigates USA DeBusk data breach claims

   1 outlet · first: Pr Newswire Data breach Mostly press releases

   Machine summary Edelson Lechtzin LLP said it is investigating data privacy claims arising from a USA DeBusk LLC data breach.

   Reported by Pr Newswire.

   • Edelson Lechtzin LLP
   • USA DeBusk LLC

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

1. 0717:00 UTC

   Reports: new hires face identity theft risk during onboarding

   4 outlets · first: hits973.com Threat intelligence

   Machine summary Reports say new hires are prime targets for identity theft because onboarding requires sharing sensitive personal information, and that fake requests may appear legitimate.

   Reported by hits973.com, kissrocks.com, powerorlando.com and kiro7.com.

2. 0820:00 UTC

   Erie County biometric ban

   3 outlets · first: wdbo.com Security

   Machine summary Retailers are collecting biometrics, according to reports.

   1. A complete ban on private-sector biometric collection was passed by Erie County, New York, making it the state's first county and among the first major counties in the U.S. to do so.
   2. Investigative Post, which is based in Buffalo, inquired of Wegmans about whether the technology was used at its Western New York stores; local lawmakers became concerned because the company did not respond.
   3. Erie County Legislator Lawrence Dupre introduced the biometric ban legislation on May 26; he represents Buffalo's predominantly Black East Side.
   4. New York City's biometric privacy law took three years to pass and changed from a disclosure requirement into a local law regulating commercial facial recognition.
   5. The disclosure initially drew little attention beyond New York City until local reporting raised questions about whether Wegmans also used the technology in Western New York.

   Reported by wdbo.com, powerorlando.com and northcountrynow.com.

   • New York City
   • Wegmans
   • Erie County
   • Biometrics
   • Investigative Post

3. 0919:34 UTC

   AppViewX names Mike Durso chief revenue officer, adds Clarence Hinton to board

   2 outlets · first: dailyguardian.ca Security

   Machine summary AppViewX said Durso will lead its global sales, channel and solution engineering efforts.

   1. AppViewX CEO Archit Lohokare said the company is building a leadership team with expertise to guide customers through a transformation in identity security.

   Reported by dailyguardian.ca and nextbigfuture.com.

   • CyberArk
   • AppViewX
   • Ping Identity

Thursday, August 20, 2026

4 events. The full rundown for August 20, 2026. The most covered:

1. 00:15 UTC Harris, El Paso counties challenge federal election conditions on security grants 3
2. 12:00 UTC Fujitsu adds NIST SP 800-171 secure data sharing to block supply chain attacks 2
3. 11:00 UTC Rapid7 Puts 80% of $824M ARR Behind Core Platform as CEO Refocuses 2

What kind of news was it?

1. Security 10
2. Threat intelligence 8
3. Data breach 2
4. Vulnerability 1