🛰️ #OSINT Update for 26 June 2025 🛰️ 🇮🇷 Iran — Cyberattack • Drones • War • Intelligence Reports → Iranian parliament voted to close the Strait of Hormuz; awaiting approval by Supreme National Security Council. → IRGC strategic drone reconnaissance continues along Gulf oil routes; naval command monitoring. → Intelligence intercepts indicate Quds Force coordination with regional proxies under heightened alert. 🇮🇱 Israel — Cyberattack • Drones • War → Air defences remain active across northern and southern fronts; no new Iranian launches detected last 24 hours. → Tactical drone surveillance ongoing over Gaza; humanitarian pauses holding near aid delivery routes. → Cyber operations targeting Iranian military systems remain in progress. 🇵🇸 Palestine — Humanitarian Aid • War → UN and NGO aid convoys await clearance at Rafah border crossing; intermittent access continues. → Humanitarian conditions deteriorate in Gaza due to prolonged conflict; shortages intensify in Khan Yunis. 🇺🇸 United States — Military Support • Cyberattack • Intelligence Reports → CENTCOM maintains elevated readiness; naval forces and air assets remain repositioned in Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean. → Intelligence agencies monitoring Iranian cyber probes targeting US energy and logistics installations. → No further missile or drone strikes on regional US bases since ceasefire announcement. 🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — Crypto Regulation • AI Regulation → Malta and Luxembourg continue MiCA licensing; France advances extra stablecoin oversight; Germany sustains resistance to encryption‑backdoor proposals. → AI Act regulations now enforce public biometric and facial‑recognition constraints. → EU foreign ministers support Strait‑related dialogue and closely monitor Iran’s parliamentary vote. 🇨🇳 China — Cyberattack • Diplomacy → Chinese state cyber units maintain low-level targeting of foreign defence sectors. → Beijing publicly urges de‑escalation, supporting multilateral resolution. 🇯🇵 Japan — Cyberattack • Cyber Policy → Japan escalates cyber alert status due to sustained phishing attacks on government networks. → Active Cyber Defence Bill pending upper-house vote; no further movement today. 🇨🇦 Canada — AI Regulation • Domestic Terrorism → Additional federal funding allocated to bolster national AI infrastructure and surveillance capacity. → CSIS maintains “medium” domestic terrorism threat level; ongoing tracking of extremist radicalisation trends post-ICE unrest. 🇦🇺 Australia — Facial Recognition • Encryption → State privacy commissioner initiates review into retail facial‑recognition trials; no formal ban yet. → Federal officials begin preliminary consultations on encrypted messaging regulation. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Domestic Terrorism • Immigration → MI5 notes persistent digital radicalisation within anti‑immigrant networks; Home Office reviewing extremist classification criteria. → No immediate threats detected; CONTEST elements monitored for evolving online content. 🇩🇪 Germany — Crypto Regulation • Facial Recognition • Palantir → Open‑source encryption tools debate continues in parliament; judiciary reviews Palantir Gotham predictive policing software. → Facial‑recognition systems further scaled back in public transit. 🇷🇺 Russia — Cyberattack • Drones • BRICS → Russian cyber operations persist against Baltic and Ukrainian infrastructure. → Laser‑drone defence capabilities integrated into battlefield zones; unmanned regiment remains active. → BRICS digital‑ruble platform progressing; new capital‑control mechanisms planned. 🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyberattack • Capital Controls → Deployment of drone swarms (including FPV/AI variants) continues in eastern combat zones; effectiveness noted near Kharkiv/Donetsk. → NATO cyber‑resilience drills ongoing; no visible breach or offensive action today. → Capital controls remain paused under IMF guidance; central bank oversight sustained. 🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Posture → Satellite imagery confirms ongoing troop and equipment activity in southern DMZ region; indicative of training cycle. 🛰️ Intelligence Agencies — BND, Mossad, CIA, NSA, FSB, MSS → BND, NSA, CISA, FBI collaboration continues warning on APT threats to critical infrastructure. → Mossad reportedly enhances HUMINT operations targeting Iran‑linked agents abroad. → FSB and MSS expand surveillance on digital activists and dissidents; domestic internet monitoring increased. 📌 Forward Triggers → Iranian Supreme Council decision on Hormuz closure → Logistics or naval movements tied to proxy groups across maritime routes → Final legal outcomes from Germany on Palantir and encryption policy → Passage of Japan’s cyber defence legislation → CSIS/MI5 updates on domestic‑extremism threat assessments → NATO/EU response to European digital transfer of biometric regulations 🛰️ End of report.