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Russian GRU cyber actors are exploiting vulnerable routers worldwide to steal sensitive information.

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This access change includes Gaza and Lebanon, not just Iran and Gulf states with US bases. Planet has been absolutely amazing, and their imagery has led to dozens of stories/scoops, with Gaza/Lebanon in particular.

BREAKING: A second Air Force combat plane, a A-10 Warthog, crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday, and the lone pilot was safely rescued. This happened around the same time a F-15E was shot down over Iran. By @EricSchmittNYT and @tylerpager. nytimes.com/live/2026/04/0…

@ForensicOsint is your sidekick in preserving what matters most.

North Korea is exploiting remote IT hiring using stolen identities to place workers in companies, generating millions for the regime. Many orgs have unknowingly hired them, creating insider threats capable of data theft, extortion, and risks to national security.

RCMP now says foreign states continue to harass, intimidate Canadians ctvnews.ca/politics/artic…

With everything going on, the last thing you need is the encyclopedia trying to fool you, so we just hope you have a nice day.

Seven hours of manual research. 300+ declassified PDFs. Zero AI shortcuts. Matthias Wilson went deep into NRO documents to write a verified history of early U.S. SIGINT satellites. His conclusion after testing ChatGPT on the same task? AI wasn't even close. The methodology is the real lesson here. 🔗 linkedin.com/pulse/covert-s…

AI agents don't solve the OSINT verification problem. They compress collection and structuring so analysts can spend time on what actually requires judgment. Ismael Alv worked through a full 6-step AI agent workflow for crisis response, and it's one of the better operational breakdowns I've seen. 🔗 lnkd.in/g_ztsADx

The person who gets arrested is rarely the whole story. They're usually just the part we can still see. @dutch_osintguy breaks down the seven-phase pipeline from online radicalization to physical action — and where OSINT collection actually matters most. One of the most important reads this year for analysts working on extremism cases. 🔗 dutchosintguy.com/post/from-open…

Canadians in the #MiddleEast: Filming, taking photos and online sharing of images of military installations, activity or damage could lead to severe penalties under local laws and regulations across the region. Check our advice: travel.gc.ca/travelling/adv…

Here's a gift link to our full story. We analyzed security camera videos, aftermath photos, satellite images and mapping services. We're citing experts (i.e. @ArmsControlWonk) and referencing other reporting on this (i.e. by @neginbagheri91, @ChrisOsieck, @MerlynThomas, @Shayan86, @jalalisarah, @MerlynThomas, @DropSiteNews): nytimes.com/2026/03/29/wor…

New U.S. Missile Hit Iranian Sports Hall and School, Analysis Shows nytimes.com/2026/03/29/wor…

Kim Jong Un’s North Korean spies hiding in plain sight youtube.com/watch?v=kIcw6v…

The White House App has OneSignal's full GPS pipeline compiled in, polling your location every 4.5 minutes, syncing your exact coordinates to a third party server.

The new White House App the Trump admin just rolled out got a Community Note.

A hacker group claiming to be the Iranian Handala Team published a few hundred emails from Kash Patel's personal Gmail account today. One quirk: the images shared on their Telegram and website were not included in this dump, so there may be more to come. nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/…

We’re saying goodbye to the Sora app. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing. We’ll share more soon, including timelines for the app and API and details on preserving your work. – The Sora Team