🛰️ #OSINT Update for 15 July 2025 (CET) 🛰️

🇺🇸 United States — Crypto Regulation • Domestic Terrorism • Cyberattack

→ Treasury’s FinCEN began closed-door stakeholder review of draft policy classifying Layer‑2 privacy tooling as “covered obligations.”

→ DHS fusion centres raised internal alert level after cross-platform spike in posts calling for biometric system sabotage.

→ FBI confirmed breach of federal employee training platform via third-party vendor; no sensitive material exfiltrated.

🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — Digital ID • MiCA • AI Regulation

→ European Commission released Digital Identity Wallet technical reference update; final conformity tests set for late August.

→ France’s AMF issued enforcement bulletin warning DeFi platforms over MiCA Article 60 non-compliance.

→ Spain published national AI governance roadmap to align with EU AI Act deadlines—includes sector-specific risk tiers.

🇷🇺 Russia — Drones • De-dollarisation

→ Kaluga drone test site expanded to include autonomous aerial refuelling trials.

→ Ministry of Finance restricted FX settlements with foreign contractors to bilateral local currency agreements only.

🇮🇱 Israel — Mossad • Surveillance • Cyberattack

→ Mossad delivered encrypted briefings to allied liaison units regarding behavioural drift models now integrated into Gaza checkpoint AI.

→ Cyber Unit neutralised attack attempt on Tel Aviv’s hospital record system; forensics point to Syrian-origin payload.

🇵🇸 Palestine — Humanitarian Aid

→ UN halted water delivery convoys to central Gaza after vehicle tampering reports; airlift logistics now under review.

→ Humanitarian data reveals oxygen shortages impacting neonatal wards in southern shelters.

🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Crypto Regulation

→ New rotary UAVs used in precision drop operations around Kherson; trial deemed “operationally scalable.”

→ Ukrainian customs authority announced crypto payment acceptance pilot for select export fees, capped per entity.

🇨🇳 China — Digital ID • Facial Recognition • Online Censorship

→ Pilot expansion of state-linked facial recognition terminals at Shenzhen transport hubs confirmed.

→ New directive issued to ISPs ordering stricter DNS-level logging of encrypted browser sessions.

🇯🇵 Japan — Encryption • Intelligence

→ MoJ signalled inclusion of encrypted cloud storage in upcoming legislative proposal; limited exemptions remain.

→ Joint op with US cybersecurity team traced leaked corporate data to DPRK-affiliated infrastructure.

🇨🇦 Canada — Crypto Regulation • AI Regulation

→ Provincial securities regulators confirmed sandbox review of Ethereum-based asset tokenisation startup under draft MiCA alignment.

→ Federal privacy commissioner raised concern over proposed AI-led immigration case triage system.

🇦🇺 Australia — Facial Recognition • AI Regulation

→ New South Wales government paused rollout of school-based facial-recognition after legal advisory flagged procedural flaws.

→ Parliamentary committee scheduled emergency AI ethics hearing for 18 July.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Immigration • Domestic Terrorism

→ Government added three new countries to biometric visa fast-track trial list; includes Pakistan and Nigeria.

→ MI5 monitored encrypted channel activity linked to Midlands-based group distributing anti-immigration manifestos.

🇩🇪 Germany — Palantir • Encryption Export

→ Palantir court session resumed following data evidence clearance; expert testimony on algorithmic retention expected this week.

→ Bundestag received fresh legal analysis challenging constitutionality of encryption export restrictions under EU law.

🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Posture

→ Military satellite imagery showed newly constructed revetments at Sondok airfield; analysts suggest extended drill capacity.

🏦 ECB — Digital Euro

→ ECB working paper circulated internally on off-chain integration layer for euro token sandbox; Q&A scheduled 18 July.

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

→ NSA escalated internal threat level for contractor access following third-party software exploit discovered via audit.

→ CIA counterproliferation brief flagged expanded dual-use drone sourcing from BRICS-aligned firms.

→ BND initiated joint metadata probe with French DGSE into coordinated SIM spoofing attacks targeting Eurocontrol personnel.

→ MSS expanding deep learning capabilities for regional smart-grid profiling.

🔍 Cyberattack

→ CERT-EU observed a new phishing framework leveraging AI voice generation targeting EU regulatory staff—detected before compromise.

→ Red Dhow 2.0 variant suspected in network anomalies at Greek shipping terminals, forensics ongoing.

📌 Forward Triggers

→ ECB Q&A on off-chain layer (18 July)

→ Outcome of Canada sandbox asset tokenisation review

→ Spain’s AI roadmap implementation timeline

→ Palantir expert testimony this week in Germany

→ Response to DNS-logging order by Chinese ISPs

→ UN decision on Gaza aid airlift logistics

→ MI5 response to Midlands extremist group activity

→ NSW legal determination on school facial recognition pause

→ Encryption export constitutional review in Bundestag

→ Confirmation of Red Dhow 2.0 in Greek terminals

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