🛰️ #OSINT Update for 22 July 2025 (CET) 🛰️ 🇺🇸 United States — Crypto Regulation • AI Regulation • Cyber Defence → FinCEN’s mixer compliance audit finds 45 % of non-KYC L2 services non-compliant; enforcement decisions due in early September. → DOJ and FTC finalized AI audit certification framework targeting biometric/behavioral systems; rule to be published by August’s end. → CISA blocked deepfake voice phishing campaigns targeting U.S. infrastructure operations centers; increasing telecom authority advisories. 🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — Digital ID • Privacy • AI Regulation → EU mandated Digital Identity Wallet deployment by member states by October, interoperability monitoring now active. → CNIL launched enforcement actions on continuous AI facial-recognition in French workplaces. → European Commission advanced transparency standards for recruitment AI under upcoming AI Act harmonization. 🇷🇺 Russia — Drone Warfare • De‑dollarisation → Arctic drone prototype production increased 40 % at Murmansk facility; includes support for nighttime naval ISR exercises. → Finance Ministry applied new ruble mandate to all exporters, including non-BRICS firms, to reduce FX exposure. 🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyber Resilience • Crypto Regulation → Ukrainian VTOL swarm tested with encrypted live video feed over frontline near Kherson, signaling maturation in ISR tech. → CERT-UA detected and neutralized Storm‑452 ransomware variant targeting energy sector data infrastructure. → Central Bank published draft crypto-charity tracking guidelines requiring timestamped blockchain disclosures. 🇮🇱 Israel — Surveillance • Cyber Defence • Mossad → AI-backed license plate recognition systems activated at Gaza buffer checkpoints. → Emergency response unit intercepted malware detonator targeting hospital systems; forensic tracing in progress. → Mossad intensified HUMINT operations on Hezbollah-linked logistics networks north of the border. 🇵🇸 Palestine — Humanitarian Aid → Rafah fuel convoy successfully delivered after security clearance; distribution underway under UN auspices. → Gaza health network reported critical neonatal oxygen shortages; global agency teams deployed for emergency replacement. 🇨🇳 China — Censorship • Digital ID → Government mandated full DNS packet inspection and metadata retention for 90 days across telecom providers. → Digital ID integration expanded to rural e-health and welfare systems, accelerating eco-system rollout. 🇯🇵 Japan — Encryption • Cyber Defence → Encryption amendment passed upper house; financial sector exemptions confirmed. → JMOD thwarted GPS-jamming attempt traced to DPRK-linked satellites during naval exercises. 🇨🇦 Canada — Crypto Regulation • Immigration → Canada Gazette announced crypto-charity compliance rules; public review open through September. → CBSA launched facial-recognition screening pilot at Halifax port for crew and asylum seekers. 🇦🇺 Australia — Facial Recognition • AI Regulation → National hearings underway on facial-recognition deployment in mass transit; submissions accepted through next week. → WA bodycam AI tag pilot ethics review report expected late July. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Immigration • Domestic Terrorism → Biometric visa trials expanded into Southeast Asia; four new nations added. → MI5 disrupted encrypted extremist cell’s weapon supply network in Northern England. 🇩🇪 Germany — Surveillance Tech • Encryption → Data protection authority filed final report on Palantir data retention; judicial ruling expected early August. → Bundestag committee endorsed lowering export threshold for encryption devices; awaiting first reading. 🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Posture → Satellite imagery shows operational coastal SAM battery deployment southwest of Chongjin; ready status elevated. 🏦 ECB — Digital‑Euro • CBDC → ECB published third progress report on digital‑euro; sandbox test parameters defined, off-chain and retail/wholesale integration scheduled for Q1 2026 trials. 🛰️ Intelligence Agencies — CIA • NSA • BND • MSS • FSB • Mossad → NSA & CISA issued joint advisory on deepfake phishing targeting national infrastructure services. → BND reported rise in SIM-swap attacks on EU financial sector and shared with UK authorities. → MSS piloting smart-meter electricity profiling across Guangdong for urban movement analytics. 🔍 Cyberattack → EU CERT reported detection and remediation of polymorphic IoT malware targeting smart-building HVAC systems in capital cities. 📌 Forward Triggers → FinCEN enforcement decision on mixer audits → DOJ/FTC AI audit rule publication → France facial‑recognition workplace enforcement outcome → Ukrainian VTOL encrypted video deployment scale-up → Publication of Ukrainian crypto-charity tracking rules → UN update on Gaza neonatal oxygen supplies → Halifax facial‑recognition pilot assessment report → Palantir judicial ruling in Germany → Ethics review result for’s WA bodycam AI tagging 🛰️ End of report.