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Organisations

3544 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 38 of 60.

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New York TimesUSAmerican newspaper of record, trusted globally for investigative and conflict reporting.
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New York UniversityUSPrivate research university in New York City; home of the Brennan Center for Justice.
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New Zealand Royal Commission on the Electoral SystemNZ1985-86 New Zealand inquiry that recommended mixed-member proportional representation.
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nexo standardsEUEuropean payment-standards body providing open protocols for payment transaction exchange; signed digital euro standards agreement with the ECB.
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NexperiaNLDutch-based, Chinese-owned semiconductor chipmaker at the centre of a Dutch export-control intervention.
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NEXTDCAUAustralian-listed operator of colocation data centres in Sydney, Melbourne and other Australian cities.
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NextGen ClimateUSTom Steyer's climate-focused political group, founded in 2013, now called NextGen America.
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Nexus Core SystemsMAAI infrastructure company planning the Nexus AI Factory data-centre platform in Morocco.
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NezopontHUHungarian government-affiliated pollster; shows Fidesz leading 46% to 40%.
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NFLUSAmerican professional football league, 32 teams; major Genius Sports data-rights partner.
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Ngurah Rai Immigration OfficeIDBali's main immigration office; deported 331 foreigners in 2025, surpassed in April 2026 alone.
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NHSGBUK publicly funded health service; central to devolved elections and repeated cyber-supply-chain attacks.
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NHS DigitalGBUK NHS digital services arm; issued cyber alert CC-4623 on SimpleHelp RMM exploitation in 2025.
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NHS EnglandGBNHS body that publishes English provider and system financial positions each year.
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NHS Supply ChainGBNHS England's centralised procurement body supplying medical devices and services to all NHS trusts.
NIAIDUSNIH's infectious disease institute; published the May 2026 study showing B3.13 H5N1 evades innate immune defences in human nasal tissue.
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NielsenUSThe audience-measurement firm US television relies on for ratings.
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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and PreventionNGNigeria’s national public health institute coordinating disease surveillance, preparedness and outbreak response.
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NIHUSUS national medical research body partnering on Artemis II organ-on-chip experiments.
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Nihon GLPJPJapanese arm of logistics and data-centre developer GLP.
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Nikkei Inc.JPJapanese media group that publishes the Nikkei business daily.
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NintendoJPJapanese video game and console maker.
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NISTUSUS federal standards agency that runs the National Vulnerability Database and Cybersecurity Framework.
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Nix EnergyHKHong Kong trading company OFAC designated as part of Iran's shadow-banking collection network.
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NJ TransitUSNew Jersey's public transit corporation, the third-largest transit system in the United States.
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NL TimesNLAmsterdam-based English-language news website covering the Netherlands, run by 3120 Media.
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No.10 NorthGBUK government unit coordinating devolution and local economic growth.
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NOAAUSUS atmospheric and oceanic agency whose space weather unit monitors Artemis radiation.
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NobitexIRIran's largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, handling over half of the country's digital-asset inflows in 2025 and serving as a key stablecoin rail for the Central Bank and IRGC.
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NO GOING BACK PAC INC.USRepublican Super PAC active in House and Senate races, sharing a treasurer with MAGA Inc.
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NokiaFIFinnish 5G network-equipment maker named as a possible target in the 2026 US-EU tariff dispute.
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NoName057(16)RUPro-Russian hacktivist group that runs DDoS campaigns against European targets.
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Noorzad PetrokimyaTRIstanbul petrochemical trader sanctioned by the US in October 2026 for buying Iranian products.
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Norfolk County CouncilGBUpper-tier authority for Norfolk, currently suing over its own abolition under local government reorganisation.
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Norfolk Superior CourtUSMassachusetts trial court hearing the Kraft Group v. Foxborough case.
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Norsk HydroNorwegian aluminium producer hit by LockerGoga ransomware in March 2019.
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North American Electric Reliability CorporationUSNorth America's electric-reliability regulator, writing binding standards for the continent's power grid.
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Northamptonshire County CouncilGBFormer Northamptonshire county council; issued section 114 notices in 2018, abolished in 2021.
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North Carolina State Board of ElectionsUSNorth Carolina's independent five-member state agency running elections and campaign-finance disclosure.
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Northern GritstoneGBInvestor backing science and technology spinouts from northern England universities
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Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund IIGBBritish Business Bank-managed £660m fund-of-funds providing loans and equity to businesses across northern England.
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North Norfolk District CouncilGBDistrict council for North Norfolk, based in Cromer; Liberal Democrat majority since 2019.
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Northrop GrummanUSUS defence and aerospace corporation building bombers, drones, and missile defence systems.
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NorthStandardGBUK-based Protection & Indemnity club, formed from the 2023 merger of North P&I and Standard Club. Second-largest P&I club by tonnage insured.
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Northumberland County CouncilGBUnitary authority for Northumberland since 2009, based at County Hall in Morpeth.
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North Vector DynamicsCACalgary maker of the CM-70 counter-drone missile; founded 2022, valued above $90m.
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North West Regional Organised Crime UnitGBPolice unit tackling serious organised crime across north-west England.
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Norwegian Defence Research EstablishmentNONorway's defence research institute (FFI); one of 29 partners in the EU's iMUGS2 robot programme.
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Norwegian Football FederationNONorway's football governing body; first federation to back the ethics complaint against FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
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Norwegian Maritime AuthorityNONorway's flag-state regulator for shipping, seafarers and autonomous-vessel trials.
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Norwegian Offshore DirectorateNONorway's offshore petroleum regulator; publishes the monthly NCS production print that anchors European gas supply models.
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Norwegian Security and Service OrganisationNONorwegian government organisation; earlier victim of Ivanti EPMM zero-days; precedent for May 2026 CVE-2026-6973.
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Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNONorway's largest technical university, based in Trondheim
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Norwegian Water Resources and Energy DirectorateNONorway's regulator for energy and water resources.
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NoteusNoteus Partners, a Paris-based growth equity firm that co-led Quantum Systems' reported $1.2bn Series D.
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Notion CapitalGBLondon-based B2B SaaS venture capital firm; led Dex's $5.3m seed round.
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Nottingham City CouncilGBLocal authority for Nottingham; issued its third section 114 notice in March 2026.
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NOTUSUSUS political news outlet co-owned by Axios, NBC News, and The Atlantic.
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NovatekRURussia's largest independent natural gas producer. Operates the sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project in the Russian Arctic.
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Novaya Gazeta EuropeDERussian exile investigative newspaper based in Riga; reports independently on the Ukraine war from outside Russia.