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Crackdown on disinformation drives race for OSINT tools in France

Buoyed by Viginum and the cyber branch of France's military procurement agency DGA-MI's projects, several French companies are trying to develop full open source intelligence platforms, such as Predicta Lab and Corexalys. [...] (377 words)

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Carabinieri to take delivery of an OSINT platform from DeepCyber

ActiveFence's ex-Unit 8200 counter-disinformation specialists eye EU contracts

France's 2023 budget bill spells good news for intelligence services' real estate and cyber plans

Newcomer ChapsVision makes acquisition play for geolocation veteran Deveryware

Paris seeks to grasp the fluid concept of lawfare

Corporate intelligence firms Axis, Corexalys get into OSINT platform market

AID seeds new information warfare capacities with Bloom

French geolocation specialist Sysnav tests its systems in the US

Administrative delays and cumbersome controls: the CNCTR calls lawmakers to account

ChapsVision brings on cyberintelligence veteran

Military procurement agency's cyber branch strides into French anti-disinformation apparatus

Corexalys sets up partnerships with ADIT and Sopra-Steria

France's SGDSN budget finances new anti-fake news technology for Viginum

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