Open Source Leads

@OpenSourceLeads

Ideas - some practical, some not - for open source investigations. Pick one up and run with it. Account collaboratively ran by investigators.

The Internet
bellingcat.com/category/resou…
Joined February 2019

You may also like

·

Worldwide trends

Tweets

You blocked @OpenSourceLeads

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @OpenSourceLeads

  1. 9 hours ago

    A man with a knife in his back walked out of a hospital in a Kazan (Russia) suburb to have a smoke. Oh, and he was in his underwear and it's freezing out. This is a bit too absurd to fake, but seems simple enough to verify the video's location?

    3 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
    Undo
  2. 9 hours ago

    See here for additional information on this claim -- incident has many angles for digital research and verification.

    Point : Counterpoint with the recent "Pakistani F-16" that was shot down. Seems like a topic ripe for digital research and verification.
    2 retweets 4 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  3. 9 hours ago

    There has got to be some satellite imagery or other remote sensing showing when and how this whale showed up, right? , , ?

    "The question is, What was a humpback whale doing in the month of February on the northern coast of Brazil? It's unusual," said the president of a conservation group
    3 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
    Undo
  4. 10 hours ago

    Point : Counterpoint with the recent "Pakistani F-16" that was shot down. Seems like a topic ripe for digital research and verification.

    A lot of talk going around claiming that the image on the left shows wreckage of a Pakistani F-16. Another angle of the same piece of wreckage clearly shows that it is from an Indian MiG-21. Key identifiers numbered and marked…
    Show this thread
    2 replies 8 retweets 10 likes
    Undo
  5. 10 hours ago

    A lot of information can still be dug up on the Pakistani F16 that was shot down yesterday:

    step to confirm that its a F16 debris 1. check box no. in 1st img.…
    Show this thread
    4 replies 10 retweets 14 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  6. 10 hours ago

    Can any of these flights be tracked on any online trackers, such as or another site?

    The US military has flown an increased number of reconnaissance flights in international airspace off the coast of Venezuela the last several days to gather classified intel about the embattled government of President Nicholas Maduro, military sources say
    7 replies 10 retweets 14 likes
    Undo
  7. 10 hours ago

    Where is this eBay account, and have there been similar auctions to "settle debt"? Also: this pug must be rescued and returned. C'mon.

    In response to unpaid bills, a debt collector in Germany seized a family's prized pug, Edda, and sold her on eBay. A city spokesman called it “a pragmatic solution” to an outstanding debt, but the case has prompted outrage from animal rights activists.
    5 replies 4 retweets 10 likes
    Undo
  8. 11 hours ago

    Is there more information to be found on the digital footprint of Christopher Hasson, the U.S. Coast Guard member accused of planning mass murder?

    An advertisement for a pitbull links Christopher Hasson to an active white supremacist in the early 2000s
    3 retweets 6 likes
    Undo
  9. 11 hours ago

    Can any digital resources, such as satellite imagery, financial/property records, or social media posts, shed more light on the Primorye whale prison?

    0:46
    & belugas are being held captive in small cages in a Russian bay. A winter cold snap is freezing the bay: the lives of these whales hang in the balance.…
    1 reply 12 retweets 11 likes
    Undo
  10. 11 hours ago

    Are there any non-American fringe groups where you live in, as with the AfD example in this story, that are capitalizing on QAnon, Pizzagate, and other far-right American conspiracies?

    How fringe groups are using QAnon to amplify their wild messages:
    9 replies 8 retweets 11 likes
    Undo
  11. 11 hours ago

    Can the origin of the Momo YouTube hoax be traced down to a "patient zero" on Facebook or elsewhere before the Love Westhoughton post from 2/17? Have there been any copycat posts elsewhere, either on YouTube or elsewhere, with similar Blue Whale/Momo-esque hoaxes/scares?

    Schools, police and media told to stop promoting Momo hoax
    2 replies 5 retweets 4 likes
    Undo
  12. 11 hours ago

    Can any of this equipment be traced back to specific events in Syria?

    “Your equipment is here, too,” an onlooker said. “Who cultivated Islamic State? We know -- but they don’t talk about it over there in the West.”
    3 retweets 5 likes
    Undo

@OpenSourceLeads hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.