🛰️ OSINT Update for 8 July 2025 (CET) 🛰️
🇺🇸 United States — Crypto Regulation • AI Regulation
→ FinCEN and Fed working group advanced subpoenas toward non‑KYC Bitcoin node operators; actions likely by late July.
→ Legislative draft surfaced calling for generative‑AI platform audits based on compute scale; public consultation anticipated this week.
🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — MiCA • Digital‑Euro • Privacy
→ ECB digital‑euro framework published; public Q&A slated for 10 July.
→ MiCA enforcement timeline for zero‑knowledge rollup audits pushed into H2 2025.
→ BaFin extended KYC‑wallet anonymisation consultation to November.
🇷🇺 Russia — Drone Warfare • De‑dollarisation
→ OSINT confirms Ukrainian “Operation Spiderweb” impact: 13+ Russian strategic aircraft struck at Olenya, Belaya, Dyagilevo. Verification ongoing.
→ No fresh developments on de‑dollarisation or capital controls today.
🇵🇸 Palestine / 🇮🇱 Israel — Cyberattack • Drones • Humanitarian Aid
→ Academia reports continued low‑level DDoS/defacement in Israeli cyber infrastructure; activity stable.
→ No update on IDF spectrum‑jamming drone operations in Gaza.
→ UN humanitarian airdrops ongoing; Khan Younis field hospital remains solar‑powered.
🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyber Resilience • OSINT
→ “Operation Spiderweb” intel confirmed via commercial satellite imagery analysis; further site-level verification awaited.
→ No new cyber resilience incidents detected today.
🇨🇳 China — Censorship • Digital ID
→ No new activity reported today.
🇯🇵 Japan — Encryption Regulation
→ No new activity reported today.
🇨🇦 Canada — Crypto Regulation • Surveillance
→ Ontario extended drone‑AI border surveillance feedback period to October due to elevated public interest.
→ MiCA‑style stablecoin draft framework reportedly nearing publication this month.
🇦🇺 Australia — Facial Recognition • Encryption
→ No new activity reported today.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Biometric Visa Trial • Domestic Terrorism
→ MI5 continues to monitor anti‑immigrant protest networks; threat level unchanged.
→ Biometric visa pilot rollout status remains pending; update expected by October.
🇩🇪 Germany — Palantir • Encryption Ban
→ Palantir Gotham court date pending after data‑protection review.
→ Encryption export control appeal hearing scheduled next month.
🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Posture
→ No new activity reported today.
🏦 ECB — Digital‑Euro
→ Digital‑euro framework live; stakeholder Q&A on 10 July remains key milestone.
🛰️ Intelligence Agencies — CIA • NSA • BND • MSS • FSB • Mossad
→ No new actionable intelligence reported today.
🔍 Cyberattack
→ No new major cyberincident; low‑level pro‑Palestinian DDoS/defacement trends observed based on academic report.
📌 Forward Triggers
→ FinCEN/Fed subpoenas on non‑KYC Bitcoin nodes
→ AI‑audit public consultation draft release (US)
→ ECB digital‑euro Q&A public reaction and pilot timeline
→ MiCA roll‑out enforcement of ZK‑audit regime
→ Stablecoin framework publication (Canada)
→ Palantir Gotham court ruling notification
→ Significant cyberattack wave on Israeli infrastructure
→ New drone/humanitarian incident verified at Russian airbases (Operation Spiderweb)
🛰️ End of report.