🛰️ OSINT Update for 7 July 2025 (CET) 🛰️
🇺🇸 United States — Crypto Regulation • AI Regulation
→ FinCEN now assessing non-KYC Bitcoin nodes under joint Fed working group; subpoenas expected targeting operators by late July.
→ House subcommittee preparing draft for mandatory AI audit certification tied to compute thresholds — public consultation opens next week.
🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — MiCA • Digital‑Euro • Privacy
→ ECB unveiled final digital‑euro policy framework; public Q&A scheduled for 10 July.
→ MiCA review closed Q&A; sources indicate enforcement details for zero‑knowledge rollup auditing to be published H2 2025.
→ Germany’s BaFin extended KYC-wallet input to November, incorporating anonymisation limits.
🇷🇺 Russia — De‑dollarisation • Drone Warfare
→ CIR imagery confirms Russian forces dropped drone mines on medical convoy in Donetsk on 10 April 2025.
→ OSINT confirms over a month ago that 13 Russian strategic aircraft were damaged via Ukrainian drone swarm near Irkutsk and Murmansk.
🇵🇸 Palestine / 🇮🇱 Israel — Cyberattack • Drones • Humanitarian Aid
→ Academia report finds defacement/DDoS waves targeting Israeli infrastructure post-Hamas assault; lower scale than Ukraine-era attacks.
→ No major updates on physical drone deployment in Gaza since jamming noted 6 July.
🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyber Resilience • OSINT
→ Ukrainian SBU-led “Operation Spiderweb” remains confirmed: 13 strategic Russian aircraft damaged. Ongoing verification limited to remote sites.
→ CIR confirms drone strike on humanitarian convoy in Donetsk (10 April).
🇨🇳 China — Censorship • Digital ID
→ No new data in current cycle.
🇯🇵 Japan — Encryption Regulation
→ No new data in current cycle.
🇨🇦 Canada — Crypto Regulation • Surveillance
→ Ontario extends drone‑AI border surveillance comments to October.
→ Canada finalizing MiCA-stablecoin framework; forward trigger: draft release expected this month.
🇦🇺 Australia — Facial Recognition • Encryption
→ No new data in current cycle.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Biometric Visa Trial • Domestic Terrorism
→ MI5 monitoring anti-immigrant protest networks; no new threat level adjustments.
→ Home Office expanding biometric visa rollout; updates pending ahead of October startup.
🇩🇪 Germany — Palantir • Encryption Ban
→ Palantir Gotham case delayed; awaiting data-protection review. Forward trigger: court ruling notice.
→ Encryption export control bill appeal moved to next month’s docket.
🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Posture
→ No new data in current cycle.
🏦 ECB — Digital‑Euro
→ Digital‑euro framework launched; public Q&A set for 10 July. Forward trigger: integration of feedback into pilot planning.
🛰️ Intelligence Agencies — CIA • NSA • BND • MSS • FSB • Mossad
→ No unreported developments detected today.
🔍 Cyberattack
→ Russian GRU Unit 29155 continues global scanning campaigns and maintains WhisperGate-style campaigns, per CISA advisory, though no new events reported today.
đź“Ś Forward Triggers
→ Fed/Fincen subpoenas on non-KYC node operators (US crypto)
→ ECB Q&A public reactions and pilot timeline release (10 July)
→ SBU official debrief on Operation Spiderweb
→ Red Cross/IHL inquiry into Donetsk convoy strike
→ Ontario MiCA stablecoin draft issuance (Canada)
→ Germany’s Palantir case court ruling date
→ Renewed cyberattack waves on Israeli infrastructure
→ Drone-mine response or Geneva briefing over Donetsk convoy strike
🛰️ End of report.