Lynn Dude

#OSINT & Cyber Analyst | MSc Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Oxford | Views are my own

[ESA Earth Observation @ESA_EO]

Big Data from Space 2025 is just around the corner, and keynote speakers Rosa M. Badia, Thomas Brunschwiler and Lynn Dudenhöfer will be joining us in Riga🇱🇻

Don’t miss your chance to be part of #BiDS25.
📅 29 September – 3 October
Registration closes 15 September👉https://t.co/uIaUZ7pIb3

[The Irrawaddy (Eng) @IrrawaddyNews]

Junta forces have entered Nawnghkio Township and are advancing towards the town along two main routes, sparking fierce clashes with the TNLA and its allies.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#WarAgainstTheJuntaMyanmar
https://t.co/IrFRdQxq06

[Bali Process Regional Support Office (RSO) @baliprocessrso]

🌏Nationals from 65+ countries have been trafficked into cyber-scam centres, making cross-border law enforcement cooperation central to disrupting their operations.

From dismantling recruitment networks to repatriating victims, consistent, proactive information sharing lies at the heart of an effective response to tackle this growing, evolving form of transnational crime.

This week, investigators from 16 South & Southeast Asian countries are coming together in Chiang Saen, Thailand in the Golden Triangle for an Interregional Technical Workshop on Online Investigations into Trafficking and Cyber-Scam Centres, supported by @FCDOHumanRights 🇧🇩🇧🇹🇮🇳🇲🇻🇳🇵 🇵🇰🇱🇰🇧🇳🇰🇭🇮🇩🇱🇦🇲🇾🇵🇭🇹🇭🇹🇱🇻🇳

Returning participants from workshops in Bangkok and Colombo will share how they've deployed #OSINT in cyber-scam investigations—with a heightened focus on cross-border intelligence sharing through both formal and informal channels.

Investigators will also exchange insights on their frontline experiences, gain context directly from immigration officials working in the Golden Triangle, and explore enhanced information sharing approaches to strengthen their investigations into cyber-scam centres.

Over four days, participants will:
🔎 Apply online investigation skills using real case studies from South and Southeast Asia.
🤝 Exchange experiences from national contexts and build professional relationships, fostering opportunities for cross-border coordination to tackle trafficking into cyber-scam centres.
🎯 Discuss approaches to develop and maintain informal networks to share information, situational updates, and applications of OSINT to trafficking for forced criminality cases.

[Bellingcat @bellingcat]

Here’s how we found the identity of a key figure behind MrDeepfakes —one of the largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography in the world. https://t.co/yYNuUkcP6r

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

GLOBAL: This week Telegram closed 1000s of channels belonging to major illicit marketplaces Xinbi & Huione, which @elliptic reports collectively engaged in over $35 billion in USDT transactions. Less well-known Xinbi is covered in this article. 1/3 https://t.co/ubFbc1toNF

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

THAILAND/KOREA: Korean group arrested for running investment scam from Thailand targeting fellow Koreans. 11 charged in Korea on charges including organizing and participating in a criminal group, 9 taken into custody. https://t.co/rug9SlZQTj

[Benjamin Strick @BenDoBrown]

As goes with any geopolitical tension, there will always be those who take advantage of the information space. This image is not a Pakistan Air Force jet, it's from a 2021 crash site of Chinese Air Force J-10.

Always image reverse search.

[Dark Web Informer @DarkWebInformer]

💡Networking Commands

[The Irrawaddy (Eng) @IrrawaddyNews]

KIA-led force seizes strategic town of Indaw from Myanmar junta after 8-month battle
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#WarAgainstTheJuntaMyanmar
Help The Irrawaddy Report the Truth from Myanmar
https://t.co/3StkYCheeR
https://t.co/TEFA64P8X8

[Lynn Dude @dude_lynn]

Thrilled to have successfully delivered a 5-day #OSINT & intelligence investigation course with the @baliprocessrso, focusing on regional cyber scam centers. Great discussions and insights. Special thanks to @winchry and @lerjavic

[Bali Process Regional Support Office (RSO) @baliprocessrso]

Day 3 and our focus shifts to fraudulent job advertisements—the primary recruitment tactic used by trafficking networks to recruit victims into cyber-scam centres 🔍

Officers are developing practical skills including advanced search techniques, "dorking", reverse image search, and strategies for multilingual OSINT investigations across social media and job platforms.

With social media the main recruitment ground for scam centre trafficking networks, these specialised search methods are increasingly important for trafficking in persons investigations.

Identifying patterns in how recruiters operate online can help disrupt trafficking networks before victims are recruited, and support immigration and law enforcement agencies to better understand potential victim profiles to support screening at the border, and the development of prevention campaigns.

What's been impressive is seeing participants share platform-specific techniques they've used in the past, and share popular job search websites from their countries, supporting law enforcement to better track recruitment patterns in contexts, languages other than their own.

[The Irrawaddy (Eng) @IrrawaddyNews]

Chinese Assistant Public Security Minister Liu Zhongyi crossed over from Thailand’s Mae Sot to Karen State’s Myawaddy on Monday to meet with around 300 foreigners rescued from the notorious scam center hub of Shwe Kokko. Most are from China.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

MYANMAR/KENYA: Last weekend Kenyan man crossed Thai-Myanmar border seeking help after escaping scam operation in Myawaddy. The man was reportedly covered in injuries, says 1000 more held at the same location. https://t.co/ExUGhW4njj

[The Irrawaddy (Eng) @IrrawaddyNews]

Myanmar’s regime claimed on Friday that it arrested 19 people, including seven Thais, in raids on two Thai-run online scam centers in Tachileik town near the Thai border in southern Shan State this week.

Photo: CINCDS

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

[IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ @iaeaorg]

During the night of 13-14 Feb, at around 01:50, IAEA team at the Chornobyl site heard an explosion coming from the New Safe Confinement, which protects the remains of reactor 4 of the former Chornobyl NPP, causing a fire. They were informed that a UAV had struck the NSC roof.

[The Irrawaddy (Eng) @IrrawaddyNews]

261 People Rescued From Myanmar Scam Center

#myanmar #thai #border #DKBA #rescue #scam

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

CAMBODIA: Trump’s freeze on foreign aid deals blow to organizations fighting human trafficking & forced labor in Cambodia, where tens of thousands of people are held captive and forced to work in call centers running telephone scams, writes @huizhong_wu 1/3

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

PHILIPPINES: 100 arrested in raid on suspected online scam farm in Manila. Mostly Filipino suspects targeted people via TikTok & other social media, offering collateral-free loans of up to 25,000 pesos (US$428) then charged 35% weekly interest. 1/4 https://t.co/alTZTaNXN9

[Bali Process Regional Support Office (RSO) @baliprocessrso]

🔎What are the root causes of irregular migration, and how might they influence people smuggling or human trafficking operations?

💡A diverse panel of experts shared insights on pre-travel considerations to prevent people smuggling and human trafficking: examining the role of informal networks in informing migration journeys, trends in smuggling routes and modus operandi of criminal actors, and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) investigative strategies to detect and prevent employment scams.

#RSOBorderForum2025

[Bali Process Regional Support Office (RSO) @baliprocessrso]

🌏 Next week, more than 130 senior government officials, frontline officers, liaison experts, and technical specialists from across Bali Process Member and Observer States, as well as regional and international organizations will join the RSO at our Third Border Forum!

The theme of this year’s forum is 'Border Management Priorities and Challenges: A Routes-Based Approach.' Delegates will explore current and emerging threats, trends in international migration routes, and innovations and strategies in border management with regional counterparts and technical experts.

The forum also facilitates dynamic networking opportunities to foster collaboration and stay informed on the latest developments in border security and migration management.

For more details, visit: https://t.co/H1xdTmuujQ

#RSOBorderForum #Migration #BorderSecurity #TransnationalCrime

[CyberScamMonitor @CyberScamWatch]

CAMBODIA: Fire occurred yesterday at Kaibo scam compound in Sihanoukville. Cause of the fire was a malfunctioning air conditioner and damage was reportedly minimal. https://t.co/H3cUbEAIw2