🛰️ OSINT Update for 19 June 2025 🛰️
🇮🇷 Iran — Cyberattack • Financials • War
→ Hack on Nobitex exchange drained over $90 million; malware also disrupted Sepah Bank ATMs and services. Attribution pending.
→ Iran issued national security alert asking citizens to report suspected spies amid rising Israel‑focused tensions.
🇮🇱 Israel — Cyberattack • Drones • War
→ IDF intercepted approximately 150 Iranian drones and missiles targeting southern Israel—minimal damage reported.
→ Covert drone or missile strikes reportedly carried out inside Iran against air‑defence infrastructure.
→ Cyber‑defence operations continue targeting Iranian military control systems.
🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — MiCA • AI regulation • Encryption
→ MiCA licence schemes are advancing in Malta and Luxembourg; France pushing stronger stablecoin rules; Germany blocking proposals for encryption backdoors.
→ AI Act regulations now include robust limits on facial recognition and biometric surveillance in public spaces.
🇨🇳 China — Cyberattack • Online censorship
→ Chinese state actors linked to extensive phishing and malware campaigns targeting Japanese defence and technology sectors.
→ Domestic encryption tools facing greater restriction; ISPs now required to log encrypted traffic metadata.
🇯🇵 Japan — Cyberattack • Cyber policy
→ National alert issued after spear‑phishing attempts targeted Cabinet Office staff.
→ Active Cyber Defence Bill making legislative progress, empowering government agencies to take action against incoming cyber threats.
🇨🇦 Canada — AI regulation & Surveillance
→ Federal budget includes $240 million to build sovereign AI compute capabilities.
→ CSIS budget increased to add AI‑enabled domestic surveillance tools, including social platform monitoring.
🇩🇪 Germany — Crypto regulation • Facial recognition • Palantir
→ Bundestag debating classification of open‑source encryption libraries under dual‑use export controls.
→ Parliament and courts continue scrutiny of Palantir’s Gotham predictive policing platform.
→ Facial recognition systems on public transport scaled back amid public privacy concerns.
🇰🇵 North Korea — Military posture
→ Satellite imagery confirms troop and military gear movement near southern DMZ—indicative of ongoing training or mobilisation. No live‑fire activity noted.
🇷🇺 Russia — Cyberattack • Drones • BRICS
→ Russian APT and DDoS campaigns continue against Baltic states and Ukraine's logistical networks.
→ Unmanned Systems Regiment is now operational with laser‑drone defence capabilities.
→ BRICS digital‑ruble pilot advancing, with new policies in place on limiting capital outflows.
🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyberattack • Capital controls
→ Use of AI‑driven FPV drone swarms confirmed in the Kharkiv region.
→ NATO cyber‑resilience drills underway.
→ Financial regulators pause capital control introduction; IMF engagement ongoing.
🇺🇸 United States — Cyberattack • ICE • AI regulation • Immigration
→ National cyber alert issued following Iranian‑linked hacks on Iranian financial institutions; critical infrastructure urged to strengthen defences.
→ ICE raids continue across multiple states; DOJ considering domestic‑terror designations for violent protest groups.
→ Senate hearings underway on facial recognition and AI tools in law enforcement and border integrity.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Domestic security & Extremism
→ MI5 reports elevated risk of digital radicalisation among anti‑immigrant networks; Home Office evaluating extremist classification updates.
→ No confirmed terror incidents connected to digital radicalisation to date.
📌 Forward Triggers
→ Attribution updates and potential prosecutions tied to Iran's financial breaches
→ Disclosure of Israeli covert operations inside Iran
→ Completion of MiCA licencing and stablecoin oversight reforms
→ Japan’s Active Cyber Defence Bill passage and implementation
→ Germany‑Palantir legal rulings on predictive policing
→ Formal domestic‑terror definition for ICE‑related unrest in U.S.
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