🛰️ #OSINT Update for 30 June 2025 🛰️
🇮🇷 Iran — War • Cyberattack • Maritime Threat
→ Iranian parliament finalised vote to close Strait of Hormuz; awaiting approval by Supreme National Security Council. This would disrupt ~20% of global oil transit.
→ IRGC drones continue patrols along Gulf shipping lanes; no fresh aerial strikes detected.
🇮🇱 Israel — War • Humanitarian Aid • Cyberattack
→ Israeli airstrikes resumed in Gaza ahead of upcoming ceasefire talks; significant civilian casualties reported today.
→ Humanitarian corridor near Rafah remains partially open; clinics report critical shortages.
→ Israeli cyber-operations continue targeting Iranian military networks.
🇵🇸 Palestine — Humanitarian Aid • Grave Crisis
→ Aid convoys resumed into Gaza after suspension; thousands queue at Rafah distribution points.
→ Field hospitals report rising malnutrition and health emergencies in Khan Yunis region.
🇺🇸 United States — Policy • Intelligence • Cyberattack
→ Senate approved new immigration and USAID restructuring bill, including digital ID and biometric mandates.
→ NSA and CISA alert U.S. energy infrastructure to ongoing cyber probing by MENA actors.
🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — Finance • Regulation • Diplomacy
→ ECB signals willingness to delay digital-euro launch pending MiCA directives.
→ MiCA licensing advances in Malta, Luxembourg; France introduces stricter stablecoin oversight.
→ Italy activates biometric restrictions under AI Act; cross-country regulation continues.
🇨🇳 China — Cyberattack • Censorship
→ State-linked APT groups continue low-level targeting of foreign tech and defence sectors.
→ ISP logging mandates and VPN restrictions tightened.
🇯🇵 Japan — Cyber Policy • Defence
→ Active Cyber Defence Bill advanced to final stage; national cyber alert remains elevated.
→ Phishing attempts against government networks continue; no reported breaches.
🇨🇦 Canada — AI Regulation • Domestic Security
→ Federal funding allocated for sovereign AI compute infrastructure.
→ CSIS maintains active monitoring of digital extremist networks tied to protest movements.
🇦🇺 Australia — Privacy • Digital ID
→ Inquiry launched into retail facial recognition use; public consultation underway on secure digital-ID systems with encryption safeguards.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Extremism • Regulation
→ MI5 documents note increased digital radicalisation within anti-immigrant activism.
→ Home Office drafting new social-media/extremist content vetting rules.
🇩🇪 Germany — Surveillance • Tech Regulation
→ Bundestag debate continues on open-source encryption export controls.
→ Legal review set for Palantir’s Gotham predictive policing system.
🇷🇺 Russia — Cyberattack • Defence • BRICS
→ Continued cyber operations against Baltic and Ukrainian targets.
→ Unmanned Systems Regiment remains fully deployed; laser drone defences active.
→ BRICS digital-ruble pilot and capital-control frameworks advancing.
🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyber-resilience • Capital Policy
→ AI-driven FPV drone swarms actively engaged near Kharkiv/Donetsk frontlines.
→ NATO cyber-resilience exercises ongoing without breach.
→ Capital-control measures remain paused under IMF guidance.
🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Posture
→ Troop and artillery movements near southern DMZ persist, indicating routine training cycles; no live-fire reported.
🏦 ECB — Finance • Crypto Policy
→ ECB President outlined potential digital-euro delay pending MiCA and stablecoin regulatory alignment; cautious stance signalled.
🛰️ Intelligence Agencies — BND • Mossad • CIA • NSA • FSB • MSS
→ BND/NSA/FBI maintain alert on APT cyber threats to strategic infrastructure.
→ Mossad activity increases around Iranian proxy movements in region.
→ FSB/MSS ramp up surveillance on online dissent and encrypted messaging users.
📌 Forward Triggers
→ Hormuz closure decision from Iran's security council
→ Israel/US ceasefire negotiation outcomes
→ German court ruling on Palantir predictive policing
→ Japan’s cyber defence legislation passage
→ ECB digital-euro timeline finalisation
→ Canadian/Australian digital-ID encryption frameworks approval
🛰️ End of report.