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France mulls giving organised crime prosecutors access to its spy agency DGSI's big data tool

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US' Palantir to stay part of French intelligence until end of Macron presidency?

It will be months, perhaps even years, before the OTDH data fusion system at the DGSI, the French domestic intelligence service, is fully operational. US group Palantir therefore looks set to have a presence in the service for some time.

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CILAS lasers in Ukraine, Tyonek to train USAF cyber-specialists, French MPs question future of intercepts platform

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, every Thursday we report on events big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

KyivCILAS to take on Moscow's Shaheds

San AntonioTyonek Technical Services to train USAF cyber-specialists

ParisPNIJ interception platform under fire in parliament

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Drug trafficking: debate over Paris public prosecutor's cyber arm

Will the future French national prosecutor's office for combatting organised crime take on the cyber section of the Paris public prosecutor's office? Magistrates are divided over the issue on which justice minister Gérald Darmanin must make a quick decision.

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French voice authentication specialist Whispeak targets AI interception market

The company, which was invited to the European Cyber Week by France's defence AI agency, is trying to sell its wares to the security services for telephone interception purposes.

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French justice ministry's PNIJ intercept platform shunned by investigators

France's agency for digital judicial investigation techniques and the justice ministry are trying to limit circumvention of the PNIJ national digital interceptions platform. With private providers improving their solutions, in-house modules are also being developed and pressure put on magistrates to change their habits.

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French legal interceptions platform plagued by blind spots

Despite the efforts that were made to get it up and running, France's legal interceptions platform, or PNIJ, still has major glitches to sort out, a Senate report has revealed.

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French intelligence services and financial prosecutors increase ties

Discussions between intelligence services and prosecutors probing financial crimes used to be carried out on an informal basis - but now they are intensifying, with an increasing focus on security risks raised by outsourcing anti-corruption work.

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Thales has room to manoeuvre to land French interceptions platform contract

With Nexa and Deveryware facing legal and administrative woes, the pool of candidates to operate the French justice ministry's new interceptions platform has shrunk substantially.