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Door Bell Spies
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Russia Turns Europe's Doorbell Cameras Into a Spy Network

◆ HIGH CONFIDENCECyber and Information Warfare18 JUL 2026

Russian state-sponsored hackers have converted poorly secured civilian IP cameras across the Netherlands and wider Europe into a distributed surveillance network trained on NATO logistics corridors carrying weapons to Ukraine.

Russian state-sponsored hackers have converted poorly secured civilian IP cameras across the Netherlands and wider Europe into a distributed surveillance network trained on NATO logistics corridors carrying weapons to Ukraine.

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US-Iran Strikes Enter Seventh Night as Bahrain AI Hub Claim Surfaces

CENTCOM has conducted a seventh consecutive night of strikes against Iranian military infrastructure while Iran's IRGC claims retaliatory strikes destroyed a US-linked artificial intelligence facility and drone depot in Bahrain, an unconfirmed claim that nonetheless signals the conflict is widening beyond Iranian territory into Gulf host states.

◆ MODERATEConflict and War
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Iran Strikes Kuwait Desalination Plant as Ceasefire Crumbles

Iran's 17 July missile and drone strike on a Kuwaiti power and desalination complex supplying roughly ninety percent of the country's drinking water marks a deliberate shift toward resource-denial targeting of a US Gulf ally as the June ceasefire disintegrates.

◆ HIGH CONFIDENCEConflict and War
INTELLIGENCE ARCHIVE
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US-Iran Strikes Enter Seventh Night as Bahrain AI Hub Claim Surfaces

CENTCOM has conducted a seventh consecutive night of strikes against Iranian military infrastructure while Iran's IRGC claims retaliatory strikes destroyed a US-linked artificial intelligence facility and drone depot in Bahrain, an unconfirmed claim that nonetheless signals the conflict is widening beyond Iranian territory into Gulf host states.

◆ MODERATEConflict and War
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Iran Strikes Kuwait Desalination Plant as Ceasefire Crumbles

Iran's 17 July missile and drone strike on a Kuwaiti power and desalination complex supplying roughly ninety percent of the country's drinking water marks a deliberate shift toward resource-denial targeting of a US Gulf ally as the June ceasefire disintegrates.

◆ HIGH CONFIDENCEConflict and War
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EU and UK Sanction GRU Unit 29155 Over Infrastructure Sabotage

The European Union and United Kingdom issued a first-ever joint cyber sanctions package on 13 July against Russian GRU officers, an FSB unit, and a support company tied to a decade-long infrastructure sabotage and espionage campaign across Europe, including a foiled attack on Poland's energy grid.

◆ HIGH CONFIDENCECyber and Information Warfare17 JUL 2026
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EU and UK Sanction Russian GRU Network Over Grid Sabotage

The EU and UK have jointly sanctioned Russian GRU and FSB officers and front companies for a sixteen-year cyber sabotage campaign against European power grids and rail networks, formalizing what officials describe as an active hybrid war against the continent's critical infrastructure.

◆ HIGH CONFIDENCECyber and Information Warfare14 JUL 2026
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Israel Warned US of Specific Iranian Plot to Kill Trump

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has confirmed that Israeli intelligence warned Washington of a specific Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump, a disclosure that prompted altered presidential travel security even as Trump himself and some US officials dispute the threat's credibility.

◆ MODERATEIntelligence Community13 JUL 2026
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Iran Declares Strait of Hormuz Closed After Third US Strike Wave

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to shipping after a third consecutive wave of U.S. airstrikes shattered the February ceasefire, threatening a fifth of the world's oil flow and raising the risk of a wider regional war.

◆ HIGH CONFIDENCEConflict and War12 JUL 2026
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Iran Strikes Ship, Shuts Hormuz Again as US Hits Back

Iran's attack on the container ship M/V GFS Galaxy and renewed closure of the Strait of Hormuz triggered a third wave of US airstrikes within days, leaving Oman's untested two-corridor shipping proposal as the only concrete de-escalation track on the table.

◆ HIGH CONFIDENCEConflict and War12 JUL 2026
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Israel Warns US of New Iranian Plot to Kill Trump

Israel has shared unverified intelligence with Washington warning of a new Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump, a disclosure surfacing amid an open rift between Trump and Netanyahu over how to handle post-war Iran.

◆ MODERATEIntelligence Community10 JUL 2026
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Iran-US Truce Collapses as IRGC Strikes Gulf Bases

IRGC strikes on four U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain have effectively collapsed the June ceasefire with Iran, following renewed U.S. airstrikes and Iranian attacks on Strait of Hormuz shipping.

◆ HIGH CONFIDENCEConflict and War10 JUL 2026