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3544 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 48 of 60.

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SempraUSUS energy company operating Cameron LNG and developing Port Arthur LNG for European buyers.
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Senado de la RepúblicaMXMexico's upper parliamentary chamber, reviewing the proposed 2027 federal fees legislation.
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Senado FederalBRBrazil's federal Senate, the upper house of the National Congress.
Senate Agriculture CommitteeSenate committee with CFTC oversight; marked up the CLARITY Act nine days after Ripple's $23m donation.
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Senate Appropriations CommitteeUS Senate committee that controls all discretionary federal spending; venue of Hegseth's Article 2 war-authority testimony, 12 May 2026.
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Senate Appropriations subcommitteeUSSenate subcommittee that writes NASA's annual budget and oversees Commerce and Justice.
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Senate Armed Services CommitteeUSUS Senate's permanent committee with authority over defence legislation, authorisations and the annual NDAA.
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Senate Banking CommitteeSenate committee overseeing crypto bills; markup delayed by Trump family ethics clause dispute.
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Senate Budget CommitteeUSUS Senate committee that drafts the annual budget resolution governing reconciliation bills.
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Senate Intelligence CommitteeUSUS Senate oversight body for the CIA, NSA, and entire intelligence community.
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Senate Leadership FundUSSenate Republican leadership's super PAC; funds state-branded committees in 2026 Senate races.
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Senate Majority PACUSDemocratic super PAC, formed in 2010, that spends to elect Democratic US senators; Schumer-aligned.
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Senate of PolandPLUpper house of Poland's parliament.
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SeneddGBWelsh Parliament; expanded to 96 seats under closed-list PR; first non-Labour government formed May 2026.
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Senedd Research ServiceGBOfficial research unit of the Welsh Parliament; impartial analysis for MSs and committees.
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SenseTimeCNHong Kong-listed Chinese artificial intelligence company specialising in computer vision.
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SentrycsILSentrycs is a counter-drone detection and defeat company acquired by Ondas Holdings in 2026 and selected to provide C-UAS coverage for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Seoul Broadcasting SystemKRSouth Korean commercial television and radio broadcaster.
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Sepah NewsIRNews outlet of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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Sepehr Energy Jahan Nama ParsIRIranian Armed Forces oil sales arm; channels crude revenue to the military; OFAC-designated network, May 2026.
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Sequoia CapitalUSPremier Silicon Valley VC managing $85bn+; now backing European defence-tech alongside its AI seed bets.
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Serbia's Military Security AgencySerbia's Military Security Agency; identified US-made explosives near TurkStream and cleared Ukraine of responsibility.
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SergeUSA US-based Protestant missionary and humanitarian organisation that operates medical programmes in sub-Saharan Africa, including surgical services in DR Congo's Ituri Province.
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Serie AITItaly's top football division, ranked 49th of 50 leagues for U21 minutes, now facing structural reform.
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Serum Institute of IndiaINPune-based vaccine maker, the world's largest by doses produced.
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Service Employees International UnionUS labour union representing service, health-care and public-sector workers.
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ServiceNowUSCloud platform automating enterprise workflows; cut hundreds citing AI efficiencies in June 2026.
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Servicio de Evaluacion AmbientalCLChile's environmental assessment service, which holds the unreleased Alto Jahuel data-centre case file.
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Serviço de Estrangeiros e FronteirasPTPortugal's former immigration service, dissolved October 2023; replaced by AIMA.
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Servier VenturesFRCorporate VC arm of French pharma Servier; participated in Cytospire's £61m Series A.
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SeverstalRUOne of Russia's largest integrated steel and mining companies.
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SG NavigationMHMarshall Islands-registered maritime security operator; owned and operated the seized floating armoury Hui Chuan.
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SGNLUSIdentity security startup acquired by CrowdStrike for $740m; provides real-time access revocation to counter MDM-level credential abuse.
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Shabtab NewsILIsraeli Hebrew-language news outlet; first to report the execution of an alleged Mossad asset inside Iran's atomic energy agency.
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ShadowserverUSNon-profit security foundation providing internet scan data showing vulnerable internet-facing systems, including 14,000+ exposed F5 BIG-IP APM instances.
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ShafaqnaIRShia-oriented Iranian news network; carries Iran Foreign Ministry statements and Baqaei denials.
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Shafaq NewsIQIraqi news agency publishing in Arabic, Kurdish and English.
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Shahid Bakeri Industrial GroupIRIranian group Treasury identifies as responsible for solid-fuelled ballistic missile development.
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Shahid Beheshti UniversityIRIranian public research university whose laser institute was bombed by US-Israeli strikes in 2026.
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Shandong JinchengCNShandong teapot refinery shielded from OFAC Iran sanctions by China's 2021 Blocking Rules.
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Shandong ShengxingCNShandong teapot refinery legally barred from OFAC compliance, buying discounted Iranian crude.
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Shandong Shouguang LuqingCNShandong teapot refinery legally barred from OFAC compliance by China's Blocking Rules.
Shanghai Cooperation OrganisationEurasian security bloc of Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asian states; Iran joined as full member in June 2023.
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Shanghai Qianye Energy Co LtdCNChinese energy firm designated under EO 13902 on 5 June 2026 for facilitating Iranian LPG smuggling; the first mainland-China corporate named under Iran energy sanctions in the 2026 war.
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Shanghai Xuanrun ShippingCNChinese shipping company; OFAC-sanctioned owner of tankers Rich Starry and Murlikishan, both of which slipped the Hormuz blockade.
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Shaw MediaUSIllinois local newspaper and media group.
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Shelborn Drummond LtdGBDeveloper behind the appealed Redheughs Avenue data-centre scheme.
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ShellGBUK-headquartered oil major; operator of Europe's largest refinery and major Rotterdam trading desk.
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Shephard MediaGBUK specialist defence trade publisher; primary source for unmanned systems and land warfare procurement.
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Sherritt InternationalCACanadian mining and energy company holding a nickel joint-venture stake in Cuba.
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Shield AIUSSan Diego defence AI company; developer of Hivemind autonomous flight software
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ShinyHuntersShinyHunters is a data-theft and extortion group that dropped from the Bitdefender ransomware top ten in June 2026 following law-enforcement visibility.
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ShodanUSInternet-exposure search engine; provided the 1.5 million exposed cPanel count cited in CVE-2026-41940 analysis.
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SHOES-XGAIA-X lighthouse project for sovereign data integration across the European footwear value chain.
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Shuqun LTDGBUK-registered front company OFAC designated over Iran shadow-banking collections.
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SiemensDEGerman technology company serving industry, infrastructure, transport and healthcare.
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Siemens EnergyDEGerman energy-equipment maker spun out from Siemens AG; HV transformers and turbines.
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SIEPRUSStanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, an independent policy research centre at Stanford University.
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SiftD.aiUSAI security startup acquired by Databricks alongside Antimatter in March 2026 to build the Lakewatch SIEM product.
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Silent Ransomware GroupThe Silent Ransomware Group (SRG) is a ransomware crew that in 2026 combined network intrusion with physical on-site infiltration against legal and financial sector targets, pairing cyber and physical access.