By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction The August Bellingcat Challenges were all related to the identification of explosive ordinance. Key amongst the resources to consider were the article previously published on a beginners guide to the topic - https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2024/07/31/a-beginners-guide-to-identifying-explosive-ordnance-in-social-media-imagery/. The challenges were all put together by Andro Matthewson (author of the above article, currently at the … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – August 2025(Hidden Hazards)
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Bellingcat Challenge – July 2025 (The Forgotten Files)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction The July Bellingcat Challenges were titled "The Forgotten Files" and were set by researcher Peter Barth, whose investigation into the murder of a Texas oil baron is helpful in one of the challenges below (you can watch a video covering the investigation here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZcWblhJc_k). Peters challenges are really about … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – July 2025 (The Forgotten Files)
Bellingcat Challenge – June 2025 (Cultural Confusion)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction June’s challenges were set by the team at the Association for Research into Crimes against Art, considering issues with provenance, sections of stolen paintings, and the property of historical figures on sale on the dark web. Let’s dive in. Funny Money I went straight to ChatGPT to see if we … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – June 2025 (Cultural Confusion)
Bellingcat Challenge – May 2025 (Back in Time)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction A little delayed, but my write-ups from last month’s Bellingcat challenges are here. Last month, the theme was “Back in Time”, and the challenges focussed on the history of Bellingcat itself. Let’s dive in. Fresh Faced I used a quick Google images search, which did not turn up much that … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – May 2025 (Back in Time)
Bellingcat Challenge – April 2025
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction Due to the success of their challenges put out at the end of last year, Bellingcat have decided to put out more regular challenges, with a plan for there to be a set released each month. Last month this involved analysis of multispectral satellite images. This month I was thrilled … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – April 2025
Bellingcat Challenge – March 2025
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction At the start of March, Bellingcat decided that based on the success of the challenges put together at the end of last year, that they would make challenges more regularly. The plan is that each month, on the first Monday of the month the first challenge will be released, followed … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – March 2025
Bellingcat Challenge – Week 4 Writeup
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This month Bellingcat are running a series of OSINT challenges, each week a new set of five challenges is posted for that week. The “Natural Wonders” series finished on Friday. If you haven’t already been playing along (and why not?!) you can join in at challenge.bellingcat.com (Spoiler warning- the rest … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – Week 4 Writeup
Bellingcat Challenge – Week 3 Writeup
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This month Bellingcat are running a series of OSINT challenges, each week a new set of five challenges is posted for that week. The “Urban Exploration” series finished on Friday. If you haven’t already been playing along (and why not?!) you can join in at challenge.bellingcat.com, and you should probably … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – Week 3 Writeup
Bellingcat Challenge – Week 2 Writeup
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This month Bellingcat are running a series of OSINT challenges, each week a new set of five challenges is posted for that week. Last week, the “Bellingcat Globetrotter” series focused on geolocation challenges, this week the “Maritime Mysteries” series is focused on sea, ships, and similar. Knowing that Rae Baker … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – Week 2 Writeup
Bellingcat Challenge – Week 1 Writeup
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This week was the start of what promises to be a month of challenges from Bellingcat. Based on their posts across social media (e.g. https://bsky.app/profile/bellingcat.com/post/3lccsanaews2l), for five days a week each week in December, they are setting a new open source problem to be solved. You can solve them to … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – Week 1 Writeup
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