OSINT Update for 18 June 2025
🇮🇷 Iran
➤ State-linked bank Sepah hit by destructive cyberattack (Gonjeshke Darande “Predatory Sparrow”), disabling online services and ATMs, with suspected data destruction.
➤ Codebreakers leak exposed 42M customer records in March; new data theft suspected via cyber intrusion.
➤ IRGC drone assets remain on heightened alert.
➤ Quds Force communications detected during regional proxy coordination.
🇮🇱 Israel
➤ Continuation of low-intensity airstrikes in Gaza targeting Iranian-linked sites.
➤ Drone surveillance increased near urban centres; heightened alert around northern front.
➤ Cyber-defence strengthened after reports of Iranian infra-targeting breaches.
🇪🇺 EU
➤ Guidance issued on CBDC pilot programmes expected in Q4.
➤ Germany and Czech Republic vocal against proposed encryption backdoor mandates.
➤ Facial recognition and biometric use limits finalised under updated AI regulations.
🇷🇺 Russia
➤ Belgorod radar unit destroyed by Ukrainian drone strike.
➤ Unmanned Systems Regiment now operational near frontlines.
➤ BRICS summit sees digital-ruble framework nearing testing phase.
🇺🇦 Ukraine
➤ FPV swarm drones actively used in Kharkiv operations; Russian forces confirm losses.
➤ Joint NATO cyber drills underway; operational resilience tested.
➤ Capital control review paused as IMF engages with Kiev on financial strategy.
🇺🇸 USA
➤ ICE protests expand; DHS deploying additional riot-control units.
➤ Draft DOJ memo recommends reclassifying violent ICE protest groups as domestic-terror threat.
➤ Senate AI hearing debates federal facial-recognition guidelines.
🇩🇪 Germany
➤ Bundestag investigates Palantir’s predictive policing tools; public hearing scheduled.
➤ MiCA registry to launch in Q3; consultations close in one week.
➤ Metro facial recognition systems reduced post-public opposition.
🛰️ Palantir
➤ German lawsuit aims to halt Palantir Gotham deployments in multiple states.
➤ New US federal analytics contract awarded for domestic risk modelling.
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📌 Forward Triggers
➤ Attribution and counteraction to Sepah Bank breach
➤ Senate ruling on AI and facial-recognition use
➤ Activation results from Russia’s Unmanned Systems Regiment
➤ Finalisation of German MiCA registry
➤ ICE protest escalation and policy clarifications
#OSINT #nostrintel
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