#OSINT - #NostrIntel Update for 17 June 2025 🇮🇷 Iran ➤ Launched an overnight salvo of ~150 drones and missiles targeting southern Israel. Most intercepted; minor infrastructure damage reported. ➤ State-linked hackers targeted Israeli energy grid control systems—ongoing intrusion detection and countermeasures in place. ➤ Political leadership continues framing the exchange as "state-on-state warfare." 🇮🇱 Israel ➤ Israeli air defence systems intercepted Iran’s aerial assault; civil defence warnings issued near Gaza border. ➤ Retaliatory cyber sweep conducted against Iranian command-and-control nodes. ➤ Emergency powers extended, enabling reserve mobilisation and civil-order control. 🇪🇺 EU ➤ European Parliament scheduled vote on encryption restriction amendments in two weeks. ➤ Italy and Spain now enforcing MiCA CASP licensing—Pan-EU harmonisation nearing. ➤ AI Act regulations finalised: biometric and facial recognition use limited in public spaces. 🇷🇺 Russia ➤ New wave of DDoS attacks on Baltic critical infrastructure linked to pro-Russian hacker groups. ➤ Unmanned Systems Regiment officially activated; equipment now in frontline testing. ➤ BRICS finance summit negotiates a new settlement system to bypass SWIFT. 🇺🇦 Ukraine ➤ FPV drone swarm tactics being deployed in eastern front operations. ➤ Joint cyber defence drills conducted with NATO partners; no major breaches reported. ➤ Russian-imposed capital control spill over affecting Ukrainian banking and remittances. 🇺🇸 USA ➤ FBI issues warning on Iran- and Russia-linked cyber intrusions against U.S. energy and transport sectors. ➤ ICE raids resumed in midwest; protests threatened; domestic-terror designations under scrutiny. ➤ DOJ reviewing facial-recognition standard under AI executive order framework. --- 📌 Forward Triggers ➤ Israel or Iran airstrike escalation ➤ EU encryption vote outcome ➤ Russia/Baltic cyber disruption ➤ Ukraine drone ops expansion ➤ US AI—immigration policy clash