#OSINT Update for 20 June 2025
🇮🇷 Iran — Cyberattack • Drones • War
→ No new financial hacks or exchange drains reported.
→ Iran launched 35 missiles overnight toward southern Israel causing smoke and minor injuries in Haifa.
→ Ongoing drone reconnaissance missions near border areas spotted.
🇮🇱 Israel — Cyberattack • Drones • War
→ Israeli air defence intercepted additional Iranian drones/missiles with no reported damage.
→ Satellite sources suggest covert Israeli drone strikes inside Iran targeting air-defence assets.
→ Cyber operations continue against Iranian military systems.
🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — MiCA • AI regulation • Encryption
→ EU Foreign Ministers urge ceasefire in Iran-Israel conflict; UK and Ireland evacuate diplomatic staff from Tehran.
→ MiCA licensing active in Malta/Luxembourg; France pushing stricter stablecoin rules; Germany resisting encryption backdoors.
→ Final approval for facial recognition and biometric use restrictions under AI Act confirmed.
🇨🇳 China — Cyberattack • Online Censorship
→ APT10-linked phishing campaigns targeting Japanese defence, tech intensifying.
→ ISPs now required to log encrypted traffic metadata; VPN monitoring escalates.
🇯🇵 Japan — Cyberattack • Cyber policy
→ Elevated cyber alert after spear-phishing against Cabinet Office staff.
→ Active Cyber Defence Bill proceeding to upper-house for vote.
🇨🇦 Canada — AI regulation & Surveillance
→ Federal budget boosts sovereign AI compute funding.
→ CSIS budget increased to support AI-enhanced domestic social media monitoring.
🇩🇪 Germany — Crypto regulation • Facial recognition • Palantir
→ Bundestag debates open-source encryption under export regulations.
→ Palantir Gotham under scrutiny in parliament hearings.
→ Public transit facial-recognition systems further limited due to privacy debate.
🇰🇵 North Korea — Military posture
→ Satellite imagery shows continued troop and equipment manoeuvres near southern DMZ; no live-fire detected.
🇷🇺 Russia — Cyberattack • Drones • BRICS
→ DDoS operations remain active against Baltic and Ukraine critical infrastructure.
→ Unmanned Systems Regiment declared operational; laser-based drone defence field-deployed.
→ BRICS summit highlights digital-ruble testing and expanded capital-control policy frameworks.
🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyberattack • Capital controls
→ Oppo deployment of AI-enhanced FPV drone swarms observed in eastern Kharkiv fronts.
→ NATO cyber-resilience exercises ongoing; no notable breaches.
→ No new capital control measures; IMF continues advisory role.
🇺🇸 United States — Cyberattack • ICE • AI regulation • Immigration
→ National cyber alert issued in response to Iranian-linked regional attacks; defenses recommended.
→ ICE raids continue; DOJ deliberating new domestic-terror designation for violent groups.
→ Senate AI committee debates facial-recognition and surveillance standards.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Domestic security & Extremism
→ MI5 flags rising digital radicalisation among anti-immigrant groups; Home Office reviewing policy response.
→ No violent incidents confirmed.
📌 Forward Triggers
→ Confirmation of Israeli covert action in Iran
→ Progress on Japan’s Active Cyber Defence Bill
→ Germany's legal action on Palantir/encryption tech
→ EU diplomatic outcomes in Iran-Israel de-escalation
→ DOJ decision on ICE domestic-terror classification