🛰️ #OSINT Update for 24 July 2025 (CET) 🛰️
🇺🇸 United States — Crypto Regulation • AI Regulation • Cyber Defence
→ FinCEN preparing enforcement notices following L2 mixer compliance audits; final decisions projected by early September.
→ DOJ/FTC AI audit standards published; platforms exceeding compute-based facial-recognition thresholds must certify by Q4.
→ CISA blocked a deepfake audio phishing campaign targeting energy sector control centers.
🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — Digital ID • AI Regulation • Privacy
→ EU Commission mandated deployment deadline for Digital Identity Wallets in member states set for October; compliance monitoring begun.
→ Spain’s data watchdog issued compliance directives to financial institutions using algorithmic profiling in recruitment.
→ Commission advanced draft requiring AI recruitment tools to publish transparency reports under AI Act.
🇷🇺 Russia — Military Tech • De‑dollarisation
→ Arctic drone facility began serial manufacturing of cold-weather ISR drones; test sorties expected next month.
→ Finance Ministry expanded mandatory ruble-only settlements to all foreign-government contracts.
🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyber Resilience • Crypto Regulation
→ Ukrainian forces deployed night-time VTOL swarms along Siversk frontline; encrypted EO streaming activated.
→ CERT-UA detected and mitigated “Storm‑453” credential-harvesting campaign targeting government portals.
→ NBU issued final compliance guidelines for crypto-based charity transfers; enforcement begins August.
🇮🇱 Israel — Surveillance • Cyber Defence • Mossad
→ AI-based vehicle recognition system expanded to additional West Bank checkpoints.
→ Cyber unit contained ransomware attack in critical national water infrastructure; forensic work ongoing.
→ Mossad reportedly deepened satellite HUMINT on Iran-linked UAV trafficking routes.
🇵🇸 Palestine — Humanitarian Aid
→ Rafah convoy delivered medical supplies after resuming operations; UN coordinating distribution teams.
→ Gaza hospitals report critical pediatric oxygen scarcity; WHO and Red Crescent logistic teams mobilizing.
🇨🇳 China — Censorship • Digital ID
→ Telecom carriers ordered to retain encrypted DNS logs for 90 days and feed metadata into nation-wide surveillance grid.
→ Digital-ID expansion now includes rural agricultural subsidy access and pension distribution.
🇯🇵 Japan — Encryption • Cyber Defence
→ Encryption legislation advanced to final diet stage; exemptions granted for national security agency data handling.
→ JMOD thwarted GPS jamming attempt on naval vessels in East China Sea; attributed to DPRK-linked testing.
🇨🇦 Canada — Crypto Regulation • Immigration
→ Canada released crypto-charity compliance regulation; two-month public review now open.
→ IRCC deployed biometric screening measures at Halifax and Toronto asylum entry points.
🇦🇺 Australia — Facial Recognition • AI Regulation
→ Senate review panel began hearings on use of facial recognition in public transit hubs; scheduled over next month.
→ Queensland bodycam AI-tag pilot paused pending ethics board feedback due early August.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Immigration • Domestic Terrorism
→ Biometric visa trial rollout extended to West African Commonwealth nations.
→ MI5 disrupted encrypted extremist cell’s procurement network in North East England.
🇩🇪 Germany — Surveillance Tech • Encryption
→ Privacy authority preparing final ruling on Palantir data retention; decision expected early August.
→ Bundestag committee adopted draft lowering export threshold for encryption devices.
🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Posture
→ Satellite analysis confirmed activation of new radar units along eastern coastal range; alert posture elevated.
🏦 ECB — Digital‑Euro • CBDC
→ ECB approved final design for retail/wholesale dual‑structure digital‑euro; sandbox trials to launch end‑August.
🛰️ Intelligence Agencies — CIA • NSA • BND • MSS • FSB • Mossad
→ NSA released advisory on emerging AI-deepfake phishing threats in NATO-critical infrastructure.
→ BND reported surge in SIM-swap fraud targeting telecom executives in EU.
→ MSS piloting smart-meter electricity usage analytics to map urban population flows.
🔍 Cyberattack
→ EU CERT neutralised modular IoT intruder code targeting public transportation control systems; incident classified as contained.
📌 Forward Triggers
→ FinCEN issuance of L2 mixer enforcement notices
→ Deadline for AI audit certification filings (Q4)
→ Digital Identity Wallet deployment compliance updates (October)
→ Spain algorithmic recruitment compliance progress report
→ Arctic ISR drone test sortie confirmation (Russia)
→ Ukraine VTOL swarms scale-up and operational deployment
→ Enforcement of NBU crypto‑charity guidelines (August)
→ Gaza pediatric oxygen log report from aid agencies
→ Ethical review outcome for Queensland AI bodycam pilot
→ Canadian IRCC biometric entry point assessment results
→ Palantir data-retention ruling (Germany)
→ ECB sandbox trial status report (end‑August)
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