Cynthia Brumfield @metacurity.com DC resident and cybersecurity writer, analyst, book author, publisher. https://metacurity.com/ https://cyberriskbook.com/
https://www.csoonline.com/profile/cynthia-brumfield/ https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity
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Maschinenlesbare Regierung @maschinenlesbar.bsky.social Offensive Digitalisierung der BRD. Ich mag Journalisten und Politiker gleich wenig. Generation 'Radikale, Illegale Fans' (Deichkind) - 'You would not download ALL of politics!' is a falsehood.
https://maschinenlesbar.org
Sega CD Pride Month @32mbit.bsky.social He/him. DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL on YT or 32mbit. Makes things sometimes. Linux user but not annoying (???). Sega fan. Game Boy enthusiast. Officially old. Partying like it's AW 2284. NOW IS TIME TO THE 68000 HEART ON FIRE
Anti-Trump Anti-ICE Anti-fash
日本語NG
Kevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com cybersecurity weather man. scanning the horizons for cloudy cyber. Expert at nothing except computer rubbish. Anti-ransomware since 2015.
POAH @poahpoah.bsky.social CEO of #POAH - Humanistisch-Bunt-Versifft
Shannon Drake 🌒🌕🌘🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @shannondrake.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇸🧪🔬⚖️🐸
Activist, nerd, wife, disabled mom of 2 daughters (& 2 cats), AuDHD, Pagan/Wiccan humanist
Will talk astrophysics, tech, criminological theory, or anything in between, because I have weird layers.
French and Russian language experience.
Daniel Gruss @gruss.cc Aka @lavados #InfoSec University Professor @ #TUGraz. #meltdown, #spectre, #rowhammer, cache attacks, sustainable security. Produced a side channel security sitcom. https://gruss.cc https://x.com/lavados https://infosec.exchange/@lavados
Jill 🦋 @jill.svpn.com @svpn.com team
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Giancarlo Fiorella @giancarlofiorella.bsky.social Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat
Assistant Professor | Utrecht University
PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
www.giancarlofiorella.com
Opinions my own
Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social Senior Researcher, Bellingcat. Previously at Scripps News.
Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee Journalist @decoherence.media using open sources to expose far-right networks
Other bylines @bellingcat.com @texasobserver.org
John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social Chasing digital badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab, but words here are mine.
Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social Director of The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Author of Chasing Shadows https://chasingshadowsbook.ca/
Nathan Patin @nathanpatin.bsky.social digital investigator // former @Bellingcat member // former adjunct at Georgetown // https://signal.me/#eu/NgJup15Ma2qMeT4LrMxTSoEjms9VQWtnut6sXW7CNidB5gEkzXJKlKpHsGXzQ9Eq
George Katz @georgekatz.bsky.social Investigations and Training @bellingcat.com
Viktorija Ign @viktorija-ign.bsky.social 6Cs Rule: 🙌 Communication, 🌱 Community, 🗺️ Culture, ☕ Coffee, 🍰 Cake, 🐈 Cats | Community Builder & Strategist | bellingcat.com
Pooja Chaudhuri @poojachaudhuri.bsky.social Researcher and trainer @bellingcat.com
Beau Donelly @beaudonelly.bsky.social Editor @bellingcat.com. Previously @thetimes.com, The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald. Author: The Woman Who Fooled The World.
beaudonelly.com
Galen Reich @galen.reich.me.uk Bellingcat | Formerly BBC | PhD in Electrical Engineering | He/Him
🌐 https://galen.reich.me.uk
Eoghan @eoghanmacguire.bsky.social Journalist. Editor @Bellingcat.com. @jskstanford.bsky.social alum
Veli-Pekka Kivimäki @vpkivimaki.bsky.social Intelligence analyst by day, OSINT in academia, engineer at heart. Now: Finnish Security and Intelligence Service. Adjunct, Johns Hopkins. Past: Finnish Defence Forces, Bellingcat, Microsoft, Nokia.
Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social Obsessive ship-spotting by the Bosphorus -.-. .-. .. -- . .- / .. ... / ..- -.- .-. .- .. -. . 50501
Merel Zoet @merelzoet.bsky.social Producer @Bellingcat.com
Timmi Allen @timmi-allen.bsky.social Former member of Bellingcat - Berlin, Germany
Teemu Nieminen @niemisentee.bsky.social Doctoral researcher focusing on right-wing extremism @helsinki.fi | ex-Bellingcat Volunteer
Avery Schmitz @averyschmitz.bsky.social Open-source reporting @cnn.com
Views my own | avery.schmitz@cnn.com
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social Open source investigations consultant @ICC. Former @ICRC.org @Bellingcat.com @Lighthouse Reports, @Cen4InfoRes & @Sudanese_archive overarching #osint chronically online http://emanel-sherbiny.com/ 📍 The Hague
Megan O’Toole @meganotoole.bsky.social Award-winning investigative/data journalist. Senior editor @MiddleEastEye, former MENA editor @AlJazeera, Global Authentication Project member @Bellingcat, meganotoole.ca
Brenna Smith @brennasmith.bsky.social WSJ visual investigative reporter.
Past: Baltimore Banner, New York Times, & Bellingcat.
Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social I digitally investigate stuff, somehow my findings travel from spreadsheets to international media and research collectives; views are my own.
Benjamin Strick @bendobrown.bsky.social Investigator | Human Rights | Hybrid Wars
- Makes videos on maps, data & #OSINT
- Director of Investigations at @cen4infores.bsky.social
- Prev CIR, BBC, Bellingcat.
Jakub Janovsky @rebel44cz.bsky.social Military history, SCW, OSINT, space, electric cars. NATO/EU/Ukraine supporter. Oryx Blog Administrator.
http://ko-fi.com/rebel44cz
Dave Brookes @tehuringa.bsky.social Digital flâneur | Open Source Researcher| GEOINT| Bellingcat GAP Project | Research 中国 & Central Africa | drinks wine & writes stuff |Views are my own |RSs ≠ endorsements
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social I am the host of Behind the Bastards and overlord of podcasts at Cool Zone Media
Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social Visual investigations at the FT. Architect who won a Pulitzer.
Peter Barth @oldpete45.bsky.social covering organized crime @Bellingcat.com. texan up north. views my own.
Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social I report and run projects on the Visual Investigations team at The New York Times where we collect and analyze audio-visual evidence. Ireland and New York. nytimes.com/visual-investigations
Gabòr Friesen @gaborfriesen.bsky.social Freelance Open Source Researcher.
Studying Research Architecture @Goldsmiths
Geo-&Chronolocation/3D Modeling/CNNs/Social Media Analysis and Remote Sensing
Previous collaborations: Al Haq, Al Jazeera, Airwars/AFP, Bellingcat, CIR, CNN, The Washington Post.
Sarah Stoecklin @sarahstoecklin.bsky.social Technical writing, UX, open source research (DR Congo, misogyny, SGBV).
Extremely Online at http://discord.gg/bellingcat
CongoEye member, Bellingcat contributor. Reds and Tolkien fan. Views my own.
Wim Zwijnenburg @wammezz.bsky.social Environmental open-source investigations, tracking drone warfare, research based advocacy for PAX, contributer Bellingcat.
Olga Robinson @olgar.bsky.social Assistant Editor, BBC Verify and BBC Monitoring
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social BBC Verify senior journalist | verification, AI, disinformation, conspiracy theories, open source investigations | shayan.sardarizadeh@bbc.co.uk
Kolina Koltai @koltai.bsky.social Senior investigator & Trainer @Bellingcat.com
Investigating explicit non-consensual deepfakes/AI and disinfo w/OSINT
"I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor."
Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter at The New York Times. Previously with Bellingcat and Airwars. Retired hitchhiker.
Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social @bellingcat.com journalist etc focused on the transnational far right. i give trainings. i take pictures of stickers. Signal: michaelcolborne.01
Aram Shabanian @aramshabanian.bsky.social War Crimes Investigator focused on the Russian War in Ukraine
Perhaps the real watch list was the friends we made along the way. Keyboard Inghimasi. Sic semper tyrannosaurus rex. --Dire Straits Appreciation Zone-- #Flowers4Qanon
Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social civilian drone technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. read my newsletter: https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io
Attacks on Civilians with Small Drones: A Global Picture @littleflyingrobots.bsky.social Documenting, analyzing, and mapping the growing global problem of attacks on civilians with small drones, from @faineg.bsky.social. View the map of global attacks here: https://map.faineg.com/public/index.html
Konrad Iturbe @konraditurbe.dev cosas varias
Madrid, España
Miguel Ramalho @msramalho.bsky.social Investigative Technologist @bellingcat.com
Data, Tech, Human Rights, Conflict & Financial Investigations
Signal @miguel.351
https://github.com/msramalho
Aric Toler @aric.bsky.social Visual Investigations at The New York Times
Michael Sheldon @michaelsheldon.bsky.social Senior Investigator @ CIR
Formerly: Bellingcat, DFRLab
Nick Waters @nickwaters.bsky.social Award winning journalist, still interested in using open source information for accountability.
Hisham Almiraat @almiraat.bsky.social
Foeke Postma @foeke.bsky.social Investigator & trainer at Bellingcat
Logan Williams @obtusatum.bsky.social Mountains and websites; maps and birds; context collapse. Projects: https://subject.space/. Work: Data, research and technology for investigations @bellingcat.com. Personal account, posts/opinions are my own. New York via Amsterdam and Oregon.
Annique @annique.bsky.social Just me..
Noura Aljizawi @noura.bsky.social Senior Researcher @Citizenlab.ca , UofT
Exploring the dark dimensions of digital power: authoritarianism, transnational repression & disinformation.
Exploit Code Not People @cooperq.com Cybertiger. Senior Staff technologist at @eff.org Fellow @citizenlab.ca Board member @openarchive.bsky.social. "Noted activist security type." Anti-fascist. he/him. My skeets do not represent views of my employers ⵣ🏴 signal: cooperq.01
Elies Campo @elies.org Fellow CitizenLab. I like to build things. In love with the world, humanity, and its diversity. Formerly Growth, Business & Partnerships Telegram & WhatsApp.
@jefnathan.bsky.social @jefnathan.bsky.social Part-time information security researcher, full-time daredevil. Infosec, science, skepticism, hobbies. Opinions are mine. Honeynet, Citizen Lab, w00w00
Marcus Michaelsen @mmichae1sen.bsky.social Researching digital tech, human rights & authoritarian politics @citizenlab.ca. https://marcusmichaelsen.eu/
Lex Gill @lex-is.bsky.social litigation for the people. senior fellow at @citizenlab, teaching at mcgill law, former scc clerk. constitutional red team. be brave, be brave, be brave.
Bill Marczak @billmarczak.org senior researcher at @citizenlab.ca
Alberto Fittarelli @fittarelli.com Sr. Researcher @citizenlab.ca, Disinformation & Harassment. Fmr. Meta. Trainer: find & expose covert influence. I like doers. Opinions my own.
Siena Anstis @sanstis.bsky.social lawyer | senior legal advisor @ The Citizen Lab | PhD Fellow in Law @ University of Oslo | parent | currently: transnational repression, digital surveillance & international human rights law | EU-based (Geneva, Oslo) | https://sienaanstis.com
Bahr Abdul Razzak @syria.bsky.social Thwarting Online Autocrats, senior security researcher
@Citizenlab.ca 👨💻 @insyria.bsky.social is my other account
Jon Penney @penney.bsky.social Law Prof/Social Scientist | Osgoode Hall Law School | PhD Oxford (OII / Balliol) | Fellow/Affiliate: CitizenLab, BKCHarvard, CCRInitiative | twitter.com/@jon_penney | mastodon.social/@penney | jonpenney.com | Law, technology, and human rights
lokman tsui @lokman.org writer, (recovering) academic, amateur activist. teach at graduate institute of journalism, national taiwan university. fellow @citizenlab.ca.
he/him. writing a personal history of home and authoritarianism.
The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca We are an academic research unit at the University of Toronto investigating novel threats to democracy, human rights, and global security in the digital ecosystem.
Joe Galvin @joegalvin.bsky.social Journalist, RTÉ Investigates
@christogrozev.bsky.social @christogrozev.bsky.social
Adam Parker @adamparkr.bsky.social OSINT Editor at Sky News. Verifying and investigating. Part of the Data+Forensics unit.
Often found in the mountains.
Zach Everson @zacheverson.com Research director
Trump accountability
Public Citizen
Mobile/Signal 202.804.2744, z_everson@protonmail.com
Although I post selected content from my employer, I do so independently and not at its direction. Views do not necessarily reflect my employer's.
Max Bernhard @mxbernhard.bsky.social investigative journalist @ CORRECTIVㅣDowJones & WSJ alumㅣprevious work Lighthouse Reports, DW, Guardian, Wired and othersㅣOSINT, Tech, AI
kalim @akhmxt.bsky.social Thinking about thinking machines, and I also happen to do visual investigations.
Prev: @cen4infores and @altnews [India]
https://kalimahmed.com
Sam Doak @samdoak.bsky.social Journalist, doing OSINT at Sky News.
Wendy Siegelman @wendysiegelman.bsky.social Independent journalist covering Trmp, kleptocracy, far-right networks, OSINT, bylines Daily Beast, Guardian, Buzzfeed, Byline Times, footnote in Senate Intel Russia report, subscribe to http://NewsTRACS.com, tips: wendy@newstracs.com
Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer.
https://craigsilverman.ca
Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social Senior digital investigation journalist covering online mis- and disinformation for AFP • Formerly with PolitiFact and the Raleigh News & Observer • Duke alum • “The internet folks” - Stephen Colbert
https://factcheck.afp.com/Bill-MCCARTHY
Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social Award-winning journalist, eyes on the Horn of Africa. Migration, human rights, OSINT.
https://www.aljazeera.com/author/zecharias-zelalem
Investigator515 @investigator515.bsky.social Investigator turned OSINT Analyst | Author | Follow for #OSINT #Defense #Infosec | Memes | NAFO ✅ | Ukraine ✅ | Disinformation 🚫 | investigator515.substack.com | 🐕🦺 > 🐈 | 🐧 > 🪟 and always, 🍍 on 🍕
Keystone Intel @ksosint.bsky.social OSINT, international relations, poli sci, & aerospace policy | RTs, posts & opinions are my own | Same username on the other website
Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social RePost ≠ endorsements | OpenSource RnD | OSINT COMINT SIGINT CYBINT ELINT GEOINT ADINT MetaData | ADSB AIS SAT | SDR IoT Arduino Linux | COFFEE
🔥 Follow OSINT Starters 🔥
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social OSINT, geolocations, air/sea data. Snarky AvGeek.
Cites: NYT, Мілітарний, Newsweek, The Aviationist, TWZ, A&SF Mag
"Sharp-eyed aviation buff & flight tracker" ~ Brian Williams
https://buymeacoffee.com/vcdgf555
She/her
Chris Dehghanpoor @ckd.sh OSINT reporter, Washington Post investigations • @chrisd9r on twitter • https://ckd.sh
thebaldgeek @thebaldgeek.bsky.social Decoding satcom ACARS messages one byte at a time. Helping OSINT avgeeks understand aircraft data / tracking. Maps and live data can be found here: thebaldgeek.github.io
Mark Snoeck @snoeck.bsky.social Open Source Investigator | Sudan | Views are my own
auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social Every system is a sensor if you hold it right.
Main arena, Baltics. 🇸🇪
mastodon.world/@auonsson , x.com/auonsson backup 🇸🇪
V-21 Cyber @v21cyber.bsky.social #Cybersecurity // #Osint //
🇮🇪 #Ireland 🇪🇺 #Europe
Just Vervaart @datajournalist.nl Investigative datajournalist @ Omroep Gelderland | PrepCom Member @ European Press Prize | Winner Dutch Sportspress Prize 2024 | De Loep Longlist 2025 | Sent a Bluetooth-tracker to a warship
Roland @digint31.bsky.social OSINT, SE, infosec, bananas, extremism, intel, more OSINT.
Also: bananas
J @jbluesky25.bsky.social OSINT
(╯°□°)╯︵ S︵T ︵U ︵🔥 @cybersecstu.bsky.social I'm a Teams reaction GIF, I like OSINT, Consulting Director ✍️ CTI & Analytics book ~202X, Tracelabs Black badge x3, Ex-Podcaster, ex The many hats club, #cyber Views my own or the AI's.
post_fact @gord19.bsky.social Teaches journalism, focusing on fact checking and verification, OSINT etc
Madame_https @madame-https.bsky.social French Cyber Investigator
Busy browsing the web 🕸️
#OSINT • #GEOINT • #INFOSEC
AaronCTI @aaroncti.bsky.social Co-Founder Webamon, Founder @perspectiveintel.bsky.social. Author of Cyber Threat Intelligence: The No-Nonsense Guide for CISOs & Security Managers. Training at Kase Scenarios! Exec/Webinars @osint-community.bsky.social and creator of osintportal.com
Peter Keizer @peterkeizer.bsky.social onderzoeksjournalist (OSINT)
@Pointer (KRO-NCRV)