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32 OSINT tools and tips I discovered at the Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference

How to surface sealed court cases, trace crypto for free, unmask anonymous companies, and use a new tool to search documents in a powerful way.

Jun 22, 2026

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8 min read

Briefing: World Cup scams and disinfo

Plus: using AI agents for investigations and OSINT techniques for Telegram.

Jun 19, 2026

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5 min read

Show & Tell: How a Haaretz reporter infiltrates companies offering disinformation-as-a-service

We talked with Omer Benjakob about getting the bad guys to share their capabilities and how he uses AI to structure his reporting and research

Jun 17, 2026

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2 min read

Get your machine set up for OSINT

The free apps, browser extensions, and OPSEC tools investigators install first.

Jun 15, 2026

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9 min read

Briefing: Google liable for false AI Overviews, German court finds

Plus: Venmo OSINT, a tool to calculate the height of a building, and Polymarket payola.

Jun 12, 2026

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5 min read

What I learned running an adversarial test on an AI text detector

If you get your bot to rhyme / Pangram will misclassify it many a time

Jun 11, 2026

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6 min read

I got inside a North Korean hiring scam. What I found reveals a troubling shift in tactics

DPRK hackers hired unwitting freelancers in the Philippines, Nigeria, and Colombia to put a human face on a malware operation — and make fake companies feel real.

Jun 10, 2026

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14 min read

Briefing: Meta's AI support nightmare

Plus: Google's document analysis tool goes public, and the wrong way to train LLMs for debunking.

Jun 5, 2026

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4 min read

Most faceswap apps in the Apple and Google stores could be used to make deepfake nudes

Apple and Google removed 43 apps flagged by Indicator

Jun 4, 2026

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4 min read