Open Source Intel
The IDF believes the Beirut strike on the Radwan Force commander and his deputy succeeded, with both assessed killed.
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Nuno Felix
Excellent news. Now lets fuse it and expand the agency’s reach. Also give it tactical capabilities

‼️🇪🇺 BREAKING: Europol ran a shadow IT system stuffed with more than 2 petabytes of sensitive data on people who were never even suspected of a crime, and part of the data was kept outside of formal oversight...

This lands as the European Commission prepares to expand Europol's mandate and double its budget.

"They protect the law while breaking it," according to a former Europol senior official.

A joint investigation by Solomon, Correctiv, and Computer Weekly uncovered that Europol operated for years outside its own legal limits, with no functioning audit logs, no access controls, and admin rights handed out by the dozen.

They call the system the Computer Forensic Network, or CFN. Built in 2012 to triage forensic data, it became Europol's primary analytical platform. By 2019, the CFN held at least 2 petabytes of operational data, roughly 420 times the size of Europol's official non-forensic database. Drewer, the data protection officer, found that 99% of Europol's data sat in the CFN, processed without basic data protection or security safeguards.

The 2019 internal security assessment listed 32 separate failures. Among them:

- Ineffective assignment of security roles
- Insufficient management of privileged access rights
- Unrestricted software installation
- Lack of password management
- Lack of administrative usage logs
- Insufficient event logging and monitoring
- Insufficient network access control

Independent experts who reviewed the findings called the volume of admin accounts a textbook breach of confidentiality and an open door for both rogue insiders and external attackers. Logs could be modified or deleted by anyone with admin rights, meaning data tampering and unauthorised access could not be reliably traced.

Then there is the Pressure Cooker. A separate clandestine environment run by Europol's Internet Referral Unit, used to pull open-source data without ICT involvement and outside formal oversight. Internal staff flagged it as an "irregular situation" in October 2022. The EU's privacy watchdog, the EDPS, says it was never told about it during the original 2019 investigation.

After almost a decade of negotiation, the EDPS closed its monitoring of the CFN in February 2026. 15 of 150 recommendations remained unimplemented, including ones the watchdog flagged as concerning "issues of particular importance," covering core security safeguards. - International Cyber Digest
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Open Source Intel
Trump, when asked how the U.S. will obtain Iran's uranium: "We're gonna get it." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2052084800052203531/video/1
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Open Source Intel
Azzam al-Hayya, son of senior Hamas figure Khalil al-Hayya, was killed in a strike in eastern Gaza City. - Al Hadath https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2052086470865793488/photo/1
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Open Source Intel
TRUMP: "We're not going to let Iran have a nuclear weapon…we won't let that happen. We're dealing with people that want to make a deal very much and we'll see whether or not they can make a deal that's satisfactory to us…we have it very much under control." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2052089908487995483/video/1
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Open Source Intel
All USAF transponders are off in the Persian Gulf.

First time I’m seeing this since the war began. https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2052090140487504354/photo/1
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Status-6 (War & Military News)
RT @TreyYingst: TODAY: A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fired on an Iranian-flagged vessel attempting to breach the naval blockade, according to CENTCOM. The tanker is "no longer transiting to Iran" after the rudder was hit by 20mm rounds fired from the jet's gatling gun.
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U.S. Central Command
A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter is refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker while flying over the Middle East, May 3. https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/2052091967614382483/photo/1
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Open Source Intel
Germany's Chancellor Merz: "I will not seek other majorities in the Bundestag than the ones we have today. I will not leave this country to the radicals." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2052095593929949276/video/1
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Open Source Intel
WATCH 🔴

Footage shows Israeli strikes hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs. https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2052095730274242970/video/1
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Open Source Intel
Iran will exhaust all oil storage capacity within 40-45 days and begin shutting wells. Some closures will be permanent, an Oil Ministry official told the NYT.
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Open Source Intel
Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz: "We are rearming in the truest sense of the word. We are strengthening ourselves." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2052096290641617087/video/1
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WarTranslated
In Moscow, an attack UAV struck the house of the Russian blogger Mikhail Litvin. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/2052097408327160167/video/1
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Open Source Intel
Russia's Foreign Ministry is calling on foreign nations to evacuate diplomats from Kyiv, warning it will strike decision-making centers in the Ukrainian capital if Ukraine disrupts the May 9 parade. https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2052098040245137635/video/1
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Open Source Intel
NEW 🔴

Trump to Fox News: Iran has one week to sign a deal.
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Open Source Intel
Trump: "On June 14, we are having a big fight. It's never gonna happen again, and it never happened before. It's gonna happen right in front of the White House." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2052100035702063199/video/1
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WarTranslated
Victory Day parades on May 9th have been canceled in 15 Russian regions. For the first time since 2007, the parade on Red Square in Moscow will feature no military equipment, with the same applying to Saint Petersburg. Similar restrictions, internet blackouts, and the cancellation of fireworks have been introduced in several other regions. Furthermore, their infamous "Immortal Regiment" march will be held online in most Russian federal subjects.
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