🛰️ #OSINT Update for 24 July 2025 (CET) 🛰️ 🇺🇸 United States — Crypto Regulation • AI Regulation • Cyber Defence → FinCEN preparing enforcement notices following L2 mixer compliance audits; final decisions projected by early September. → DOJ/FTC AI audit standards published; platforms exceeding compute-based facial-recognition thresholds must certify by Q4. → CISA blocked a deepfake audio phishing campaign targeting energy sector control centers. 🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — Digital ID • AI Regulation • Privacy → EU Commission mandated deployment deadline for Digital Identity Wallets in member states set for October; compliance monitoring begun. → Spain’s data watchdog issued compliance directives to financial institutions using algorithmic profiling in recruitment. → Commission advanced draft requiring AI recruitment tools to publish transparency reports under AI Act. 🇷🇺 Russia — Military Tech • De‑dollarisation → Arctic drone facility began serial manufacturing of cold-weather ISR drones; test sorties expected next month. → Finance Ministry expanded mandatory ruble-only settlements to all foreign-government contracts. 🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyber Resilience • Crypto Regulation → Ukrainian forces deployed night-time VTOL swarms along Siversk frontline; encrypted EO streaming activated. → CERT-UA detected and mitigated “Storm‑453” credential-harvesting campaign targeting government portals. → NBU issued final compliance guidelines for crypto-based charity transfers; enforcement begins August. 🇮🇱 Israel — Surveillance • Cyber Defence • Mossad → AI-based vehicle recognition system expanded to additional West Bank checkpoints. → Cyber unit contained ransomware attack in critical national water infrastructure; forensic work ongoing. → Mossad reportedly deepened satellite HUMINT on Iran-linked UAV trafficking routes. 🇵🇸 Palestine — Humanitarian Aid → Rafah convoy delivered medical supplies after resuming operations; UN coordinating distribution teams. → Gaza hospitals report critical pediatric oxygen scarcity; WHO and Red Crescent logistic teams mobilizing. 🇨🇳 China — Censorship • Digital ID → Telecom carriers ordered to retain encrypted DNS logs for 90 days and feed metadata into nation-wide surveillance grid. → Digital-ID expansion now includes rural agricultural subsidy access and pension distribution. 🇯🇵 Japan — Encryption • Cyber Defence → Encryption legislation advanced to final diet stage; exemptions granted for national security agency data handling. → JMOD thwarted GPS jamming attempt on naval vessels in East China Sea; attributed to DPRK-linked testing. 🇨🇦 Canada — Crypto Regulation • Immigration → Canada released crypto-charity compliance regulation; two-month public review now open. → IRCC deployed biometric screening measures at Halifax and Toronto asylum entry points. 🇦🇺 Australia — Facial Recognition • AI Regulation → Senate review panel began hearings on use of facial recognition in public transit hubs; scheduled over next month. → Queensland bodycam AI-tag pilot paused pending ethics board feedback due early August. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Immigration • Domestic Terrorism → Biometric visa trial rollout extended to West African Commonwealth nations. → MI5 disrupted encrypted extremist cell’s procurement network in North East England. 🇩🇪 Germany — Surveillance Tech • Encryption → Privacy authority preparing final ruling on Palantir data retention; decision expected early August. → Bundestag committee adopted draft lowering export threshold for encryption devices. 🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Posture → Satellite analysis confirmed activation of new radar units along eastern coastal range; alert posture elevated. 🏦 ECB — Digital‑Euro • CBDC → ECB approved final design for retail/wholesale dual‑structure digital‑euro; sandbox trials to launch end‑August. 🛰️ Intelligence Agencies — CIA • NSA • BND • MSS • FSB • Mossad → NSA released advisory on emerging AI-deepfake phishing threats in NATO-critical infrastructure. → BND reported surge in SIM-swap fraud targeting telecom executives in EU. → MSS piloting smart-meter electricity usage analytics to map urban population flows. 🔍 Cyberattack → EU CERT neutralised modular IoT intruder code targeting public transportation control systems; incident classified as contained. 📌 Forward Triggers → FinCEN issuance of L2 mixer enforcement notices → Deadline for AI audit certification filings (Q4) → Digital Identity Wallet deployment compliance updates (October) → Spain algorithmic recruitment compliance progress report → Arctic ISR drone test sortie confirmation (Russia) → Ukraine VTOL swarms scale-up and operational deployment → Enforcement of NBU crypto‑charity guidelines (August) → Gaza pediatric oxygen log report from aid agencies → Ethical review outcome for Queensland AI bodycam pilot → Canadian IRCC biometric entry point assessment results → Palantir data-retention ruling (Germany) → ECB sandbox trial status report (end‑August) 🛰️ End of report.