Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
Jill 🦋 @jill.svpn.com @svpn.com team
p(👻) @0x0.boo Security. People matter most.
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.
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.com 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..
Bellingcat @bellingcat.com Bellingcat is a global collective uncovering facts to hold power to account. Our work is independent. Our methods are public. Our community is global.
Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
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
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 🔥
go.bsky.app/TSvKc6o
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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)
Louis Jarvers @cyberonion.bsky.social Loving the Internet, researching its threats. Hit me up with everything around OSINT, cybercrime, intelligence and crypto | Ex Columbia, Hertie + DFRlab
𝟺𝚗𝟼_𝚔𝚘𝚎𝚕𝚗 @4n6koeln.bsky.social maker, nerd, tech and OSINT enthusiast
Aurora Intel @auroraintel.bsky.social @auroraintel from Twitter. 
John Marquee @johnmarquee.bsky.social Observer. OSINT/IMINT. Geolocation. GIS. Usual caveats.
Brad Snyder @snyde21.bsky.social PAI Research & OSINT enthusiast
USAF Intel (retired)
https://linktr.ee/snyde21
The Intel Crab @intelcrab.bsky.social Open source investigator. An actual human. Not a real crab, believe it or not. 
Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social CEO @Vizlegal.bsky.social | Co-founder @righttoknow.bsky.social | #FOIA, #legaltech, journalism, OSINT, urban design | Fmr Innovation Dir @Storyful |
"Very Irish" 🇮🇪 https://gav.substack.com
Cork, Ireland.