August OSINT Newsletter: Fiber-Optic Sabotage, a 3D Model Geolocation, and How to Build an Investigation Grid on Google Earth

What's new in OSINT?

This month: the new sabotage targeting French infrastructure, Bellingcat's 3D model geolocation, how to find a LinkedIn profile from an email, and the OSINT4Fun summer workbook!

News

Fiber-optic networks hit by "nighttime sabotage"

Just days after the sabotage of the French rail network, fiber-optic networks across six départements are now being targeted. Read more...

The capital of Darfur under siege

Le Monde's investigative unit shares its investigation into the siege of El-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's Darfur region. Watch more...

How Trump's Security Failed to Stop an Assassination Attempt

The New York Times looks back at the assassination attempt on Donald Trump and highlights the failures in the former president's security detail. Read more...

Methods & Write-ups

In a single Instagram video, Bellingcat shows how a 3D model was used to geolocate a member of a Bosnian cartel. Watch more...

Check out Sonarrow's GEOINT thread on the presence of a Russian EMP in Burkina Faso. Read more...

Tools

Search grid generator

Create a grid on Google Earth to visualize your investigation's areas of interest with this new tool from Bellingcat. Read more...

LinkedIn account by Email Lookup

With this method, you can find the LinkedIn profile linked to an email address via Outlook. Read more...