OSINT INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Daily Strategic Intelligence Report
Stay Informed. Stay Ahead.
Monday, January 26, 2026
Produced by: Harrison Doyle
AI Models Used: Claude (Anthropic) & GPT (OpenAI)
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Executive Summary
28 Top Articles |
41/46 Active Sources |
6 Categories |
Category Breakdown: 🌍Geopolitics: 5 articles 🕵️Espionage: 5 articles 👁️Surveillance Technology & Privacy: 3 articles 🔒Cybersecurity: 5 articles 🤖Artificial Intelligence: 5 articles 📰Other: 5 articles Articles ranked by recency, relevance, and source authority | | Some sources unavailable: Krebs on Security, Security Affairs, Hackread, CSIS, MIT Technology Review |
Senators call for Alex Pretti death investigation. And, winter storm recovery efforts
Minneapolis strikes and protests continue after ICE's fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. And, states work to recover from a massive winter storm that has left widespread power outages and flight chaos.
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Trump foreign policy looms over Team USA ahead of 2026 Winter Olympics
President Trump’s aggressive moves in the foreign policy arena are hanging over Team USA’s trip to Europe for next month’s Winter Olympics, raising questions about how American athletes will be receiv...
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Military Is Dumbing Down to the Detriment of National Security
RespStatecraft The services are slashing programs that teach officers the language and cultural skills critical to avoiding misunderstandings and crisis
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Israel launches 'large-scale operation' to locate last hostage in Gaza
The return of the remaining hostage, Ran Gvili, has been widely seen as removing the remaining obstacle to proceeding with the U.S.-brokered ceasefire's second phase.
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Exclusive: In secret recordings, Cruz trashes Trump tariffs, Vance
Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican eyeing a 2028 White House run, torched Vice President Vance and ridiculed President Trump's tariff policy during private meetings with donors, according to recordin...
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Addressing the OSINT Gap in U.S. Special Operations
Jared Martin, Small Wars J. Instead of concealed maneuvers and protected communications, conflict now unfolds in a
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Silicon Valley Wants to Build A.I. That Can Improve A.I. on Its Own
Ricursive Intelligence, founded by two former Google researchers and valued at $4 billion, is among several efforts to automate the creation of artificial intelligence.
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Federal and state officials both claim moral high ground after Alex Pretti shooting
In dueling news conferences, federal and state officials offered starkly different messages Sunday about the immigration crackdown that has swept across Minneapolis and surrounding cities, with both c...
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Exclusive: OpenAI wants to be a scientific research partner
AI is increasingly being used as a research collaborator for mathematicians and scientists, per a new report from OpenAI shared exclusively with Axios.Why it matters: OpenAI argues that AI can make sc...
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GOP fractures grow as Minnesota shootings erode immigration crackdown support
Some leading Republicans are demanding a thorough investigation after a second Minnesota resident was killed by federal immigration officials, a warning that backlash is brewing to President Trump's h...
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Ireland Proposes Giving Police New Digital Surveillance Powers
This is coming:
The Irish government is planning to bolster its police’s ability to intercept communications, including encrypted messages, and provide a legal basis for spyware use.
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In Other News: €1.2B GDPR Fines, Net-NTLMv1 Rainbow Tables, Rockwell Security Notice
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Cloudflare WAF bypass, Canonical Snap Store abused for malware delivery, Curl terminating bug bounty program
The post In Other News: €...
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Over 160,000 Companies Notify Regulators of GDPR Breaches
DLA Piper finds 22% increase in breached firms notifying European GDPR regulators
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‘It’s a farce’: families of Venezuela political prisoners still await their release
Critics believe ‘drip drip’ of releases after Maduro’s dramatic seizure an attempt by regime to ‘keep the US satisfied’In the days after Nicolás Maduro was accused of stealing Venezuela’s 2024 electio...
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Poland repels data-wiping malware attack on energy systems
Suspected Russian cyber attackers tried to take down parts of Poland’s energy infrastructure with new data-wiping malware – and failed. According to information shared by the Polish government earlier...
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Brakeman: Open-source vulnerability scanner for Ruby on Rails applications
Brakeman is an open-source security scanner used by teams that build applications with Ruby on Rails. The tool focuses on application code and configuration, giving developers and security teams a way...
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Konni Hackers Deploy AI-Generated PowerShell Backdoor Against Blockchain Developers
The North Korean threat actor known as Konni has been observed using PowerShell malware generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to target developers and engineering teams in the blockchain ...
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Russian Sandworm Hackers Blamed for Cyberattack on Polish Power Grid
10 years after disrupting the Ukrainian power grid, the APT targeted Poland with data-wiping malware.
The post Russian Sandworm Hackers Blamed for Cyberattack on Polish Power Grid appeared first on Se...
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| 🤖Artificial Intelligence | 5 |
Elon Musk’s X Faces EU Inquiry Over Sexualized AI Images Generated by Grok
Regulators said the company’s lack of controls had led to the widespread use of deepfakes created with the chatbot Grok.
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EU investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes
The Commission will assess whether "manipulated sexually explicit images" have been shown to users in the EU.
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Inside Anduril's Bolt-M Kamikaze Drone
Tyler Rogoway, The WarZone We go in-depth with Anduril on their machine learning-infused loitering munition that the USMC just ordered, including how they intend to produce it at...
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Humans& thinks coordination is the next frontier for AI, and they’re building a model to prove it
Humans&, a new startup founded by alumni of Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, xAI, and Google DeepMind, is building the next generation of foundation models for collaboration, not chat.
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ChatGPT is pulling answers from Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
Information from the conservative-leaning, AI-generated encyclopedia developed by Elon Musk’s xAI is beginning to appear in answers from ChatGPT.
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Yann LeCun, an A.I. Pioneer, Warns the Tech ‘Herd’ Could Hit a Dead End
Yann LeCun helped create the technology behind today’s chatbots. Now he says many tech companies are on the wrong path to creating intelligent machines.
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How long do you need to spend in the gym to get strong? Less than you think
If you're procrastinating working out, here's one less excuse. Short gym sessions can be enough to build meaningful strength — as long as you push yourself while you're there.
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All eyes are on Rubio as he navigates the world in 2 critical roles
Rubio is the first person to hold both roles at the same time since Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s.
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DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is ending her reelection campaign for Congress
The 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement has filed paperwork to end her campaign for reelection.
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When Tucker Carlson stops asking questions
In a recent interview with Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback (R), Tucker Carlson allowed a plainly false claim about constitutional law to pass without challenge. Fishback asserted that, ...
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OSINT INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Daily Strategic Intelligence Report
Stay Informed. Stay Ahead.
This newsletter aggregates intelligence from 46 vetted sources.
Generated: 2026-01-26 at 12:53:33 UTC
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