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Oct 7, 2026

AIL Framework v7.1 — Interactive Crawling, Forum Improvements, Image Similarity & More

This AIL Framework v7.1 release was delivered by CIRCL (Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg) with collaboration with UCD Centre for Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Investigation in scope of the HOPLITE EU Project. AIL Framework v7.1 brings a wide range of new features and improvements across forum collection, interactive crawling, image analysis, trackers, APIs, PDF processing, and […]

HOPLITE Presents at the COW EU Project Pilot Session in Munich 8th-9th September 2026
Oct 7, 2026

HOPLITE Presents at the COW EU Project Pilot Session in Munich 8th-9th September 2026

UCD Centre for Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Investigation (UCD CCI) was invited to attend the COW Pilot Session in Munich taking place on 8th-9th September 2026, hosted by ZITiS.  Michael O’Callaghan MSc gave an overview of HOPLITE, the technology being developed, and how the project is working with law-enforcement and security partners to help analysts make […]

HOPLITE Workshop Feedback Reflected in the Release of AIL v6.8
Jun 17, 2026

HOPLITE Workshop Feedback Reflected in the Release of AIL v6.8

UCD Centre for Cybersecurity & Cybercrime Investigation is pleased to promote the release of AIL version 6.8 delivered by Aurélien Thirion and CIRCL (Computer Incident Response Center Luxembourg). This release contains key features requested by Irish Law Enforcement and Security Agencies at our HOPLITE Workshop in UCD on 3rd & 4th March 2026 including: – […]

HOPLITE Project Objectives.

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Strengthening Law Enforcement Capabilities

Improves the capacity of law enforcement and judicial authorities to gather, analyse, and correlate diverse data sources to support intelligence-led operations.

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Building on Proven EU Initiatives

Leverages and enhances outcomes from previous EU-funded projects to create a cohesive and deployable intelligence framework.

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Delivering an Integrated and Scalable Solution

Combines existing technologies into a unified system designed for operational deployment and long-term sustainability across EU member states.

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Ensuring Ethical and Responsible Implementation

Aligns with European standards for responsible research and innovation, maintaining transparency and trust with all stakeholders.

HOPLITE Project Goals.

  1. Threat Intelligence Exchange

    Facilitates real-time sharing of threat data between law enforcement, judicial authorities, and trusted partners, improving coordinated responses to cybercrime and illegal activities.

  2. Automated OSINT & Data Analysis

    Enhances the workflow between AIL and MISP, automating data gathering, keyword monitoring, and incident alert generation to reduce manual analysis.

  3. AI-Driven Media Processing

    Deploys AI components for analysing text, images, audio, and video to identify threats, reduce false positives, and extract actionable intelligence efficiently.

  4. Prioritisation & Actionable Insights

    Delivers prioritised, high-quality intelligence reports that support decision-making, enable faster investigations, and strengthen collaboration across EU law enforcement bodies.

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Sister Projects

Vigilant Project logo

VIGILANT is an end-to-end solution of state-of-the-art detection, investigation, forensic and analysis tools contained in a single platform.

AIL project logo

AIL Project is an open source framework composed of different modules to collect, crawl, dig and analyse unstructured data.

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A threat intelligence platform for sharing, storing and correlating Indicators of Compromise of targeted attacks, threat intelligence, financial fraud information, vulnerability information or even counter-terrorism information.

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MISP-LEA project started the first June 2023. It consists in an law enforcement agency information sharing community. It’s powered by MISP and AIL project, two leading open source projects led by CIRCL.

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The ULTRA project aims to enhance the operational capacity of law enforcement and judicial authorities to investigate cyber-enabled crime.

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The COW project will develop operational tools and methods for LEAs, provide training, build capacity, and share best practices.

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