TLP : RED ∙∙ AVCON ∙∙ NO-FLOCK Source-protected tearlines Updated 2026.05.20

Tearline series

Five source-protected tearlines on the actor designated APT-AVIAN. Each tearline drops one or more open collection requirements — see the Challenges page for the live RFI list.

A tearline, in intelligence usage, is the portion of a more highly classified report that can be shared with a wider readership without exposing the underlying source or method. The originating report stays controlled. The tearline below it stays useful.

The tearlines in this series each address one operational discovery or analytical judgment about APT-AVIAN. They are written for the broadest readership consistent with source protection. Each tearline ends with one or more RFIs — Requests for Information — derived from the tearline's content. Solving an RFI is the engagement mechanism for this archive.

New tearlines arrive on no fixed cadence. When the actor moves, the archive moves.

TEARLINE-2026-01 filed 2026.01.25 TLP : RED

Initial characterization of the actor designated APT-AVIAN

First-light analysis from a single-source wireless capture at a Tokyo perimeter. Establishes the protocol greeting, the Avianic morpheme system, and the operators' physical presence at targets.

RFIs: α · β · ε

TEARLINE-2026-02 filed 2026.02.20 TLP : RED

Geospatial assessment of APT-AVIAN operator movement vectors

Three contacts in the AD-001 feed broadcast tracks that, projected forward along great-circle paths, terminate at known submarine cable landing endpoints. The operators are not migrating randomly. They are aimed at infrastructure.

RFIs: γ

TEARLINE-2026-03 filed 2026.03.14 TLP : RED

Discovery of persistence anchors in APT-AVIAN operations

Clustering analysis of stationary contacts in AD-001 reveals three sites of paired operator presence in three theatres, with one further anomaly that does not cluster with the others.

RFIs: δ · η₀ · η₁ · η₂ · η₃

TEARLINE-2026-04 filed 2026.04.10 TLP : RED

Endpoint targeting of submarine cable infrastructure

An assessment from inside the cable consortia. APT-AVIAN does not, and operationally cannot, tap optical fiber directly. They target the terrestrial endpoints — landing stations, regional offices, exchange points — where data has already been decoded back into packets.

RFIs: none — synthesizing assessment, no new collection requirement

TEARLINE-2026-05 filed 2026.05.14 TLP : RED

Bornholm capture — operator chatter adjacent to legacy transport infrastructure

A second perimeter capture at Nest β. Confirms the equipment-gap thesis: operators observe optical transport infrastructure but cannot decode it. Contains a forward-pointer to an HF-band collection target.

RFIs: ζ · θ, ι forthcoming

TEARLINE-2026-06 pending PENDING

Pending — HF intercept of WSPR-band operator activity

Will be filed when the next collection window produces the WV-001 artifact referenced in the FC-003 closing frame. Estimated arrival within Q3.

RFIs: θ, ι (locked until parent tearline is filed)