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Cognyte and Omaha police and firefighters' pension fund fall foul of Meta's crusade

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Russia updates Akatsiya, French dual-use exporter's new clients, Israel's Cognyte equips Italy's gendarmes

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Moscow Ruselectronics unveils new version of GEOINT data fusion tool

Paris Georgia and Uruguay join crypto and interceptions clients

Rome Italy's Guardia acquires OSINT from Israel's Cognyte

Spotlight | Israel, United States
OSINT experts hold their breath as Bright Data-Meta lawsuit plays out

In its latest battle against open source intelligence firms harvesting data from its platforms, US social networking giant Meta has filed a number of lawsuits that could have a significant effect on how OSINT operates.

Spotlight | Europe, Israel, United States
Meta threat report puts OSINT specialists under the spotlight

The US technology giant's December threat report highlights several open source intelligence (OSINT) firms, from Social Links to Cyberglobes and Avalanche, marking a shift in the relatively benevolent view of the practice observers have taken until now.

Spotlight | France, Israel, United States
Virtual HUMINT specialists test new avenues for their avatars

Though increasingly sought after by government intelligence services, virtual human intelligence tools have reached a developmental dead-end. Social media sites have been tracking down avatars responsible for online influence campaigns.

France, Israel
French internal intelligence services look at Israeli firm Cognyte's technology

The French interior ministry is taking an interest in virtual human intelligence, or HUMINT, tools, that create and manage avatars on the darkweb. It is evaluating products from Cognyte, a spin-off of the Israeli cyberintelligence market leader Verint.