🛰️ #OSINT Update for 26 June 2025 🛰️

🇮🇷 Iran — Cyberattack • Drones • War • Intelligence Reports

→ Iranian parliament voted to close the Strait of Hormuz; awaiting approval by Supreme National Security Council.

→ IRGC strategic drone reconnaissance continues along Gulf oil routes; naval command monitoring.

→ Intelligence intercepts indicate Quds Force coordination with regional proxies under heightened alert.

🇮🇱 Israel — Cyberattack • Drones • War

→ Air defences remain active across northern and southern fronts; no new Iranian launches detected last 24 hours.

→ Tactical drone surveillance ongoing over Gaza; humanitarian pauses holding near aid delivery routes.

→ Cyber operations targeting Iranian military systems remain in progress.

🇵🇸 Palestine — Humanitarian Aid • War

→ UN and NGO aid convoys await clearance at Rafah border crossing; intermittent access continues.

→ Humanitarian conditions deteriorate in Gaza due to prolonged conflict; shortages intensify in Khan Yunis.

🇺🇸 United States — Military Support • Cyberattack • Intelligence Reports

→ CENTCOM maintains elevated readiness; naval forces and air assets remain repositioned in Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean.

→ Intelligence agencies monitoring Iranian cyber probes targeting US energy and logistics installations.

→ No further missile or drone strikes on regional US bases since ceasefire announcement.

🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — Crypto Regulation • AI Regulation

→ Malta and Luxembourg continue MiCA licensing; France advances extra stablecoin oversight; Germany sustains resistance to encryption‑backdoor proposals.

→ AI Act regulations now enforce public biometric and facial‑recognition constraints.

→ EU foreign ministers support Strait‑related dialogue and closely monitor Iran’s parliamentary vote.

🇨🇳 China — Cyberattack • Diplomacy

→ Chinese state cyber units maintain low-level targeting of foreign defence sectors.

→ Beijing publicly urges de‑escalation, supporting multilateral resolution.

🇯🇵 Japan — Cyberattack • Cyber Policy

→ Japan escalates cyber alert status due to sustained phishing attacks on government networks.

→ Active Cyber Defence Bill pending upper-house vote; no further movement today.

🇨🇦 Canada — AI Regulation • Domestic Terrorism

→ Additional federal funding allocated to bolster national AI infrastructure and surveillance capacity.

→ CSIS maintains “medium” domestic terrorism threat level; ongoing tracking of extremist radicalisation trends post-ICE unrest.

🇦🇺 Australia — Facial Recognition • Encryption

→ State privacy commissioner initiates review into retail facial‑recognition trials; no formal ban yet.

→ Federal officials begin preliminary consultations on encrypted messaging regulation.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Domestic Terrorism • Immigration

→ MI5 notes persistent digital radicalisation within anti‑immigrant networks; Home Office reviewing extremist classification criteria.

→ No immediate threats detected; CONTEST elements monitored for evolving online content.

🇩🇪 Germany — Crypto Regulation • Facial Recognition • Palantir

→ Open‑source encryption tools debate continues in parliament; judiciary reviews Palantir Gotham predictive policing software.

→ Facial‑recognition systems further scaled back in public transit.

🇷🇺 Russia — Cyberattack • Drones • BRICS

→ Russian cyber operations persist against Baltic and Ukrainian infrastructure.

→ Laser‑drone defence capabilities integrated into battlefield zones; unmanned regiment remains active.

→ BRICS digital‑ruble platform progressing; new capital‑control mechanisms planned.

🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyberattack • Capital Controls

→ Deployment of drone swarms (including FPV/AI variants) continues in eastern combat zones; effectiveness noted near Kharkiv/Donetsk.

→ NATO cyber‑resilience drills ongoing; no visible breach or offensive action today.

→ Capital controls remain paused under IMF guidance; central bank oversight sustained.

🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Posture

→ Satellite imagery confirms ongoing troop and equipment activity in southern DMZ region; indicative of training cycle.

🛰️ Intelligence Agencies — BND, Mossad, CIA, NSA, FSB, MSS

→ BND, NSA, CISA, FBI collaboration continues warning on APT threats to critical infrastructure.

→ Mossad reportedly enhances HUMINT operations targeting Iran‑linked agents abroad.

→ FSB and MSS expand surveillance on digital activists and dissidents; domestic internet monitoring increased.

📌 Forward Triggers

→ Iranian Supreme Council decision on Hormuz closure

→ Logistics or naval movements tied to proxy groups across maritime routes

→ Final legal outcomes from Germany on Palantir and encryption policy

→ Passage of Japan’s cyber defence legislation

→ CSIS/MI5 updates on domestic‑extremism threat assessments

→ NATO/EU response to European digital transfer of biometric regulations

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