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3544 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 26 of 60.

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Huntingdonshire District CouncilGBCambridgeshire district council covering St Neots and Eynesbury.
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HuntressUSMaryland-based managed detection and response firm founded in 2015 by former NSA operators.
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HurleyIRUSHurleyIR is a US electro-optical and infrared sensor company whose EO/IR cameras are integrated into Parsons DroneArmor alongside DroneShield's electronic warfare hardware.
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HürriyetTRMajor Turkish daily newspaper; primary source for the 21 May CHP constitutional court ruling.
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Hurriyet Daily NewsTRTurkish English-language daily; broke the 18 April Antalya quadrilateral coverage.
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Hydro-QuébecCAQuebec's state-owned electricity utility.
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Hyundai EngineeringKRSouth Korean engineering and construction company.
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Hyundai Motor GroupKRSouth Korean automotive manufacturing group.
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Hyundai RotemKRSouth Korean rail and defence manufacturer, maker of the K2 tank.
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IABUS digital advertising industry's standards body, governing programmatic ad protocols and agentic buying frameworks.
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IAB Tech LabUSTechnical standards body of the IAB, developing open specifications for digital advertising infrastructure globally.
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IAEAATUN-affiliated body that verifies states' compliance with nuclear non-proliferation obligations through on-site inspections.
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IATSEUSBelow-the-line entertainment crew union; facing AI disruption to camera, editing, and post-production work alongside SAG-AFTRA.
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IAUFRInternational Astronomical Union; ratifies official names for lunar features including Carroll and Integrity craters.
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IAVIUSUS non-profit vaccine developer working on Ebola, HIV and other infectious disease research.
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IBCNLThe Amsterdam-based annual broadcast and media technology trade show and its Innovation Awards.
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IberdrolaESSpain's largest electric utility; under CNMC investigation over the April 2025 Iberian blackout.
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IberostarESSpanish hotel chain quitting GAESA Cuban resorts and now exposed to US confiscated-property suits.
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IBMUSCentury-old US tech company; its AI coding tool now saving .5bn in productivity.
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ICBCCNChinese state-owned commercial bank based in Beijing, with 57 trillion yuan in assets.
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ICEUSUS federal agency responsible for immigration enforcement and border security operations.
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ICE EndexEuropean energy derivatives exchange listing TTF gas futures; part of ICE group, Amsterdam-based.
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ICISGBIOSCO-accredited price-reporting agency; publishes benchmark assessments for European gas, power, and petrochemical markets.
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ICMRINIndia's apex biomedical research body, the Indian Council of Medical Research, which coordinates outbreak response including Nipah virus investigations in Kerala.
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ICRCCHGeneva-based custodian of the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law since 1863.
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IDCUSTech research firm; projects 90% of enterprises face AI skills shortages costing $5.5 trillion.
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IdealistaESSpain's leading property portal; publishes widely cited quarterly rental and sale price indices.
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IEEFAUSInstitute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis; critical energy research body.
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IETFUSGlobal volunteer body that develops and maintains the technical standards of the internet.
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IFABGBIFAB (the International Football Association Board) is the body that sets the laws of the game; it introduced three rule changes for the 2026 World Cup including a red card for mouth-covering and VAR review of second yellows.
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IFM NoticiasCOMedellín-based independent digital news outlet with radio and streaming arms.
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IFOWGBInstitute for the Future of Work; hosted DSIT AI and Future of Work Unit launch on 18 May 2026.
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IGBCEDEIndustriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie; the German trade union for the mining, chemical, and energy sectors and a key voice on StromVKG's regional equity provisions.
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IGWGWHO member-state body negotiating the pathogen access and benefit-sharing annex.
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iHeartMediaUSUS audio media company; operator of 850+ radio stations and the iHeartRadio streaming platform.
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iiMediaCNChinese market-research and data-analysis firm, founded 2007, covering China's new-economy industries.
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IISSGBLondon think tank publishing the annual Military Balance; the primary open-source defence data benchmark globally.
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Ilam Central PrisonIRIranian state prison in Ilam Province; received Kurdish detainee Abbas Mamousi in May 2026 crackdown.
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IliadFRFrench telecoms and tech conglomerate; parent of Scaleway and Free mobile operator.
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Illinois State Board of ElectionsUSIllinois agency running elections and voter registration; sued under section 1983 in 2026.
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ImaginaeGBImaginae is Fremantle's in-house generative AI label for content production.
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Imam Hossein MosqueIranian mosque in Dubai; closed by UAE order targeting Iranian institutions in March 2026.
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IMDASGSingapore's statutory regulator for the digital economy and infocomm media sectors.
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IMF PortWatchIMF-Oxford-TU Delft satellite platform tracking global shipping chokepoints; the reference data for Hormuz's slow reopening.
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IMI DailyInvestment migration industry's trade publication and data platform, tracking residence-by-investment and digital nomad programmes globally.
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Imperial College LondonLondon-based public research university, prominent for AI/deep-tech spinouts and infectious-disease modelling research.
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ImpervaUSApplication security and DDoS mitigation firm owned by Thales; provides web application firewall and API security products, and publishes exploitation telemetry.
Impulse SpaceUSUS commercial space company; named on Anduril's Golden Dome Space-Based Interceptor team.
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IMU BiosciencesGBUK immune-profiling company extracting 100m+ data points from one blood sample.
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INC RansomDouble-extortion ransomware crew, active since 2023, whose leak-site operator also runs Lynx's negotiation panels.
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Indeed Hiring LabUSResearch arm of the jobs platform Indeed.
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Independent Authority for Public RevenueGRGreece's national tax-enforcement agency.
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Independent Office for Police ConductGBIndependent watchdog for police and law-enforcement complaints in England and Wales.
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Independent Review BoardUSNASA panel that investigated Orion's heat shield damage; its findings remain unpublished.
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Independent (Uganda)UGUgandan news magazine published in Kampala.
IndexBoxMarket-research provider; cited in Cuba supply-chain analysis on energy and mineral exports.
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Index VenturesGBGeneva-founded transatlantic venture capital firm investing across Europe and the US from seed to growth.
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Indian Embassy MoscowRUThe Indian Embassy in Moscow is India's diplomatic mission to Russia, which confirmed the death of an Indian national at an oil-refinery construction site during Ukraine's 17 May 2026 drone barrage.
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Indian Express GroupINIndian publisher of The Indian Express and The Financial Express.
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Indian NavyINIndia's naval force, patrolling the Indian Ocean as Iranian warships fall in its waters.