Bellingcat may well have started OSINT as a thing when founder Eliot Higgins first began covering the Syria war via forensic analysis of Youtube videos uploaded by the combatants. Whether he is a Mi6 or not is besides this particular point, because it so happens that he runs the occasional hackathon. Here’s the write up of the second event, which also includes a
list of cool tools and techniques for sourcing enthusiasts to get their teeth stuck into.