Joshua Richards

🚨 The rise and controversy of predator hunters @AricToler will be taking the stage at the Global OSINT Conference in October. Former @Bellingcat Director of Training & Research, now at @nytimes, his work spans war crimes, Russian ops, and Pentagon leaks. Tickets 👇

🕵️ OPERATION POLLY CTF is live... 4-stage OSINT challenge: Start with a name → uncover family via the right source → trace a Wikipedia editor → find when their account was created. Can you complete the chain? 👇

🔎 A new #OSINT challenge is live. Conduct a jurisdiction risk assessment on Carvell Island. Built by Public Insights, this custom platform mirrors a genuine intelligence investigation with real-world ambiguity. Think like an investigator? Prove it: ctf.publicinsights.uk

New CTF challenge just dropped 🔎 You’re working with a whistleblower Inside a militant privacy group Feeding intel to an investigative tech podcast Somewhere in the noise is the truth Can you find it? Try the challenge 👇

🚗 Vehicles leave trails online. In this Week 9 walkthrough of the UK OSINT Community CTF, @AccessOSINT breaks down how investigators can analyse vehicle-related clues and move from scattered data points to real leads. Watch the walkthrough 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=BEibrg…

📍 IMPORTANT! Venue Update: UK OSINT Community Evening Social – 4 March We’ve upgraded to Market Halls Oxford Street. Bigger space = everyone on the waitlist is now accepted ✅ Please share so no one turns up at the wrong place. Spots are open again, join the waitlist now 👇

🐍 Python for OSINT Guide Week 7 CTF walkthrough shows how to use Python to analyse structured datasets and extract the right answer. Watch @AccessOSINT 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=aamjJr…

🖼️ Think you understand OSINT image analysis? @AccessOSINT breaks down last week’s UK OSINT Community CTF in this full walkthrough, covering real tradecraft in image manipulation and investigative technique. Watch now 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=eRlRqB…

@OSINT_Community > OPERATION SERPIENTE Automating OSINT Investigations #Challenge_1: Coordinated Social Media Network • 20k JSONL comments • Parsed line‑by‑line, grouped by user_id, counted unique post authors #OSINT #UK_OSINT #Cybersecurity #DFIR #Python

🕵️ The UK OSINT Community CTF at @cardiffuni Joshua (@AccessOSINT) showcased how our CTF helps students build real OSINT skills and explore intelligence careers as part of Elaine Haigh’s Digital Dragons series. Practical tradecraft in action.

UK OSINT CTF WALKTHROUGH VIDEOS Tracking Missing Persons OSINT Guide Geolocation OSINT Investigations Guide Suspect and Car Investigations OSINT Image Analysis Guide China OSINT Investigations guide @UKOSINT/videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@UKOSINT/videos @OSINT_Community

📘 Tracking Missing Persons with OSINT | Week 5 Guide A structured walkthrough by @AccessOSINT, designed with Lewis Murphy, covering identity pivots, timelines, and defensible investigative methods. Prizes sponsored by @ForensicOSINT Watch now 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=MbANd-…

🕵️ Announcement: Launching the Global OSINT Conference 📅 5th Oct 2026 📍 London Co-organised with the @PoliceDigital. Policing. Defence. Journalism. Private intelligence. One stage. Partnered with @C4ADS and the BISI. 🎟️ Tickets & more information below 👇

📍 Want to sharpen your geolocation skills? @AccessOSINT walks through Week 4 of the UK OSINT Community CTF, demonstrating a structured investigative approach from image to conclusion. youtube.com/watch?v=WPaSRJ…

🎓 OSINT at Oxford. Yesterday, the UK OSINT Community delivered a live investigative session at the University of Oxford with @AccessOSINT of OSINT Praxis, hosted by the Emerging Threats Group. Real cases. Live challenges. Practical digital exposure advice. More to follow.

🚨 New OSINT CTF live. “The Disappearance of Owain Hughes” by @AccessOSINT & Lewis Murphy. 🏆 Top 3 win 6 weeks Elite @ForensicOSINT worth $150+ Start solving 👇 ctf.osint.uk Discuss the CTF on our Discord (get clues & tricks): osint.uk/discord

🎓 OSINT at Oxford University, 9 February @AccessOSINT of OSINT Praxis joins the UK OSINT Community for an interactive OSINT event at @UniofOxford, as part of the Emerging Threats Group. Live challenges and real-world OSINT in practice. 👇 Get tickets

Hands-on China OSINT training 🇨🇳🔎 Week 3 of the UK OSINT CTF focuses on real investigative constraints, not ideal conditions. Training walkthrough by @AccessOSINT. CTF designed by Eva Prokofiev (EPCYBER). Watch the walkthrough 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=ZU4oMk…

Press Mention 🥳 Thanks to @bowlerderek and @mariaflan for featuring our suspect and vehicle investigation video (@AccessOSINT) in the latest @EBUSpotlight newsletter. Proud to see OSINT methodology highlighted alongside critical fact-checking and verification work 👇

🚨 New OSINT CTF is live Operation Constellation, designed by community member Shautea, puts you in a time-critical investigation. Analyse taunting photos from a murderer and identify the final location before it is too late! Join here 👉 CTF.osint.uk