🛰️ #OSINT Update for 27 July 2025 (CET) 🛰️ 🇺🇸 United States — Crypto Regulation • AI Regulation • Cyber Defence → FinCEN issued final enforcement notices to the remaining non‑KYC Layer‑2 mixers flagged in compliance audits; remediation deadlines now active. → DOJ/FTC published certification registry for biometric/behavioral AI systems; enforcement begins Q4. → CISA issued an industry-wide bulletin warning of a new deepfake‑driven credential‑harvesting malware variant observed in Midwest energy sectors. 🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — Digital ID • AI Regulation • Privacy → EU issued formal audit mandates to states lagging on Digital Identity Wallet interoperability. → Spain’s data protection authority escalated facial-rec micro‑enforcement to national retail chains. → Commission updated AI Act draft requiring explanatory reporting for algorithmic recruitment decisions. 🇷🇺 Russia — Military Tech • De‑dollarisation → Murmansk ISR drone production completed logistics integration with Arctic naval task force; first coordinated sortie simulation executed. → Finance Ministry confirmed ruble settlement mandate expanded to semi-public contractors. 🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyber Defence • Crypto Oversight → VTOL drone squadron testing encrypted live-feed for medical supply drops near Kupiansk; evaluating agility in contested airspace. → CERT-UA thwarted a sophisticated credential spear-phishing campaign aimed at regional utility providers. → National Bank published updated crypto-charity audit rulebooks with digital timestamp validation norms. 🇮🇱 Israel — Surveillance • Mossad • Infrastructure Defence → AI-driven vehicle-recognition cameras activated at additional Gaza border checkpoints under full mission trial. → Cyber Unit identified and nullified water system ransomware payload; integrated an AI-derived anomaly detection signature. → Mossad conducted deep intel collection on cross-border UAV flow linked to Iran-based logistics networks. 🇵🇸 Palestine — Humanitarian Aid → Fuel convoy arrivals into Rafah increased by 25 %; UN logistics reports capacity challenges but no major delays. → Pediatric wards in central Gaza clinics reporting stabilized oxygen intake after international supply intervention. 🇨🇳 China — Censorship • Digital ID • Surveillance → DMA expanded encrypted DNS interception mandates to tier‑2 ISPs; centralized analysis now integrated via AI nodes. → Rural pension disbursement systems using national digital ID now synchronize with biometric verification centers. 🇯🇵 Japan — Encryption • Cyber Defence → National-level encryption exemptions expanded to include disaster-response rescue operations. → JMOD intercepted and replay‑resisted GPS spoofing attack originating near the Yellow Sea during joint naval exercise. 🇨🇦 Canada — Crypto Regulation • Immigration → Federal finance ministry rejected two public comments, fine-tuned crypto-charity regulation to include donation transparency dashboards. → CBSA rolled out biometric onboarding at Montreal–Trudeau port-of-entry for both asylum and crew arrivals. 🇦🇺 Australia — Facial Recognition • AI Regulation → Senate committee reaffirmed limit proposals on transit facial-recognition to morning rush hours; feedback closing next week. → Queensland ethics board approved conditional pilots of AI tagging bodycam systems with opt-out mechanisms. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Immigration • Domestic Security → Home Office biometric visa rollout now active in seven African Commonwealth nations. → MI5 issued internal directive increasing resources on ongoing extremist support networks in northern UK. 🇩🇪 Germany — Surveillance Tech • Encryption Policy → Court registered official note binding Palantir to German data‑retention standards as case moves to final evidence phase. → Bundestag encryption export rule amendments advanced to public committee rounds with scheduled debates. 🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Posture → Additional coastal missile generators deployed in Wonsan region; state broadcaster footage confirms operational drills. 🏦 ECB — Digital‑Euro • CBDC → ECB confirmed sandbox participant list, including non-bank fintech startups. → IT test-case framework released for hybrid infrastructure design; public workshop planned for 2‑3 September. 🛰️ Intelligence Agencies — CIA • NSA • BND • MSS • FSB • Mossad → NSA circulated risk profile downgrading average-severity deepfake use cases unless targeted at infrastructure nodes. → BND alerted EU partners to clustering of SIM-swap patterns in telecom leadership circles. → MSS deployed scaled smart-grid residency feeder analytics in industrial-urban corridors near Guangzhou. 🔍 Cyberattack → EU CERT reported a minor resurgence of deep-learning malware targeting heating controllers in municipal buildings; no outage disruption recorded. 📌 Forward Triggers → Enforcement stage actions on mixer remediation (Sept) → Registry compliance deadline for AI certification filings (Q4) → Spain’s enforcement results on retail facial-recognition deployment → EC AI transparency amendment vote → First public sortie result from Arctic Murmansk drone ops → Medical-supply drone VTOL scale-up report (Ukraine) → Implementation status of NBU crypto-charity rules (August) → Gaza fuel-distribution phase-two logistics update → Halifax–Toronto biometric entry-point feedback release → Queensland bodycam AI tagging ethics review outcome → German judicial response to Palantir case filings → ECB public test case review workshop (Sept) 🛰️ End of report.