#OSINT - #NostrIntel Update for 17 June 2025
🇮🇷 Iran
➤ Launched an overnight salvo of ~150 drones and missiles targeting southern Israel. Most intercepted; minor infrastructure damage reported.
➤ State-linked hackers targeted Israeli energy grid control systems—ongoing intrusion detection and countermeasures in place.
➤ Political leadership continues framing the exchange as "state-on-state warfare."
🇮🇱 Israel
➤ Israeli air defence systems intercepted Iran’s aerial assault; civil defence warnings issued near Gaza border.
➤ Retaliatory cyber sweep conducted against Iranian command-and-control nodes.
➤ Emergency powers extended, enabling reserve mobilisation and civil-order control.
🇪🇺 EU
➤ European Parliament scheduled vote on encryption restriction amendments in two weeks.
➤ Italy and Spain now enforcing MiCA CASP licensing—Pan-EU harmonisation nearing.
➤ AI Act regulations finalised: biometric and facial recognition use limited in public spaces.
🇷🇺 Russia
➤ New wave of DDoS attacks on Baltic critical infrastructure linked to pro-Russian hacker groups.
➤ Unmanned Systems Regiment officially activated; equipment now in frontline testing.
➤ BRICS finance summit negotiates a new settlement system to bypass SWIFT.
🇺🇦 Ukraine
➤ FPV drone swarm tactics being deployed in eastern front operations.
➤ Joint cyber defence drills conducted with NATO partners; no major breaches reported.
➤ Russian-imposed capital control spill over affecting Ukrainian banking and remittances.
🇺🇸 USA
➤ FBI issues warning on Iran- and Russia-linked cyber intrusions against U.S. energy and transport sectors.
➤ ICE raids resumed in midwest; protests threatened; domestic-terror designations under scrutiny.
➤ DOJ reviewing facial-recognition standard under AI executive order framework.
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📌 Forward Triggers
➤ Israel or Iran airstrike escalation
➤ EU encryption vote outcome
➤ Russia/Baltic cyber disruption
➤ Ukraine drone ops expansion
➤ US AI—immigration policy clash