Crime, compliance, and controversy.

French authorities have charged Telegram's CEO, Pavel Durov, in a probe into organized crime on the app. Russian government hackers were found using exploits made by spyware companies NSO and Intellexa. An old CCTV camera variant of the Mirai botnet has been discovered. Notorious Iranian hackers have been targeting the space industry with a new backdoor. A federal appeals court has revived a TikTok 'blackout challenge' death suit. Online scam cycles are getting shorter and more effective, according to Chainalysis. Cisco has patched multiple NX-OS software vulnerabilities. Crypto scammers who hacked McDonald's Instagram account claim they stole $700,000. An IT engineer has been charged for attempting to extort his former employer.