🛰️ #OSINT Update for 24 September 2025 (CET) 🛰️
🇺🇸 United States — AI Regulation • Domestic Security • Digital ID
→ DHS announced integration testing for state-level digital identity wallets with federal services.
→ Senate Intelligence Committee reviewing emergency powers on AI-driven surveillance deployments.
→ FBI dismantled online extremist forum running on encrypted overlay network with ties to domestic terrorism plots.
🇪🇺 European Union — Digital Identity Wallets • AI Regulation • CBDC • Chat Control
→ Commission confirmed updated compliance deadlines for member states on digital identity wallet interoperability.
→ European Parliament debating scope of Chat Control extension for encrypted services, vote expected in October.
→ ECB board discussed programmable CBDC “offline tier” for cross-border use under sanction regimes.
→ ENISA released draft framework for AI testing in critical infrastructure.
🇷🇺 Russia — Surveillance • Military Posture • Cyber
→ Moscow City Council approved expansion of street-level biometric checkpoints to metro stations.
→ Russian Navy increased patrol presence in Black Sea with new ASW-capable corvettes.
→ State-sponsored group ColdRiver linked to spear-phishing targeting EU defence contractors.
🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyber • Crypto
→ Ukraine deployed long-range drones against logistical hubs in Crimea, confirmed by satellite imagery.
→ SBU exposed botnet used for disinformation campaigns targeting EU parliaments.
→ National Bank recorded rise in crypto donations routed through stablecoin mixers, flagged for AML review.
🇮🇱 Israel — Border Security • Intelligence
→ IDF initiated new AI-enhanced monitoring along northern border with Lebanon.
→ Mossad reportedly tracking procurement networks in Eastern Europe for dual-use drone components.
🇵🇸 Palestine — Humanitarian Situation
→ UN agencies reported severe shortages in hospital fuel supplies; Gaza health system on brink of collapse.
→ Aid delivery logjam persists at Rafah, citing prolonged clearance delays.
🇨🇳 China — AI Surveillance • Military
→ MSS rolled out centralised biometric storage protocol mandating full log synchronisation by year-end.
→ PLA tested AI-assisted targeting for hypersonic glide vehicle simulations.
🇯🇵 Japan — Defence Tech • Encryption
→ MOD launched partnership with universities on quantum-resistant satellite communication standards.
→ Parliamentary draft bill introduced to penalise sale of non-compliant foreign encryption devices.
🇩🇪 Germany — Privacy • Intelligence
→ Bundestag committee rejected proposal to loosen data-sharing restrictions for intelligence services.
→ German data authority fined rail operator for biometric surveillance trial without prior notification.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Immigration • Censorship
→ Home Office considering AI-driven behavioural scoring in immigration appeals process.
→ Civil society groups documented rising suppression of encrypted discussion boards critical of policy.
🇨🇦 Canada — Facial Recognition • Crypto
→ Canadian police piloting drone-mounted facial recognition at border crossings.
→ FINTRAC flagged surge in bitcoin-for-cash exchanges across Toronto with weak reporting standards.
🇦🇺 Australia — AI Oversight • Immigration
→ Senate inquiry questioned algorithmic bias in automated visa rejections.
→ Government announced review of AI models in national security vetting.
🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Movement
→ DPRK moved mobile missile launchers closer to eastern test facilities, US and ROK monitoring.
→ Satellite imagery detected construction activity near known nuclear infrastructure.
🏦 ECB — CBDC • Surveillance
→ ECB internal group advanced design of programmable euro with restrictions tied to transaction purpose.
→ New concept study floated limits on anonymous holdings for retail users.
🛰️ Intelligence Agencies — NSA • CISA • BND • Mossad • MSS
→ NSA tracked anomalous activity in IPv6 address ranges linked to Chinese cyber ops.
→ CISA issued warning about AI-generated phishing lures targeting election officials.
→ BND explored joint operation with EU partners on AI-enabled signals intercept.
→ MSS expanded recruitment for cyber units focusing on Western think tank infiltration.
🔍 Cyberattack
→ Coordinated ransomware attacks hit healthcare providers in France and Germany; attributed to Russian-language group.
📌 Forward Triggers
→ EU Chat Control vote in October.
→ UN humanitarian deadline in Gaza tied to fuel depletion.
→ ECB decision on CBDC offline tier and transaction caps.
→ Monitoring DPRK missile launcher movements near eastern coast.
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