The former NSA contractor arrested for improper possession of classified material and Government property is being characterized by observers as neither a whistleblower nor a spy, but rather as a "weirdo." How the industry term "weirdo" may figure in any eventual defense remains to be seen. It appears increasingly unlikely to most that the contractor arrested had any connection to the Shadow Brokers' leaks.

Observers also think it unlikely that the arrest will have any noticeable effect on how the US Intelligence Community uses contractors. Both contract and Government personnel are cleared by the same authorities; both contractors and agencies face similar insider threats.

The athletes' records hacked in the attack on WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency) appear to have been tampered with. Fancy Bear, a.k.a. Russia's GRU, is generally regarded as responsible. The case is newly interesting because of the data manipulation threat it now appears to illustrate.

Guccifer 2.0's claim to have hacked the Clinton Foundation appears quite exploded. Metadata suggest the material Guccifer 2.0 released in fact came from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Whatever paw may be inside the sockpuppet known as Guccifer 2.0, observers note that doxing need not be authentic to be an effective tool of information warfare.

Flashpoint researchers describe to common vulnerabilities exploited by the Mirai IoT botnet.

Cisco patches its Nexus 7000-series switches and its NX-OS software.

Eugene Kaspersky warns that terrorists, not states, are likeliest to commit a cyberattack against infrastructure (even while acknowledging that states have already done so).