Telegram Turmoil: Pavel Durov Arrested in France Amid Scandal
Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, was arrested in France for failing to moderate illegal content.
Hot Take:
Well, Pavel Durov just upgraded from CEO of Telegram to CEO of “Can’t Leave France” – and let’s just say, his new office comes with a lot more interrogations! Meanwhile, hackers are getting more creative, going from phishing for passwords to fishing for concert tickets, and Vietnamese police are putting the “stop” in pirated movies. It’s like everyone in the cybersecurity world is trying to one-up each other in a game of “Who Can Cause the Biggest Headache?”
Key Points:
- Pavel Durov, Telegram founder, arrested in France for failing to moderate illegal content and other charges.
- “Nudify” deepfake websites using mainstream single sign-on systems are under fire.
- Iranian hacking group APT 33 targeting sectors with a new multistage backdoor.
- CIA thwarts a terrorist plot against Taylor Swift concerts in Austria.
- Chinese-backed hackers exploit vulnerability in Versa Director to compromise ISPs.
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