France
Cristal Group hunts Pegasus with ex-hacker Patrice Guichard's help

France
Cristal snaps up French intelligence Africa specialists

Kevin Rivaton's corporate intelligence firm Cristal Group has taken on a number of French intelligence Africa specialists and opened an office in Mauritius with a view to growing its business on the continent.

The Tech Times
Cristal invests in Aleph, Paravision, G42 Expansion Fund, Daniel Weitzner quits Palantir advisory council

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of technical intelligence providers.

Lyons/ParisCorporate intelligence operator Cristal Group buys into dark web investigator Aleph Networks.

San FranciscoBishop Garrison, Paravision's new government affairs ambassador.

Abu DhabiWill Peng Wu takes charge of new G42 investment fund.

DenverFormer White House Internet specialist Daniel Weitzner quits Palantir's privacy and civil liberties council.

France, UAE
France's Yogosha moves in as UAE readies to launch bug bounty platform

The French start-up, whose international aspirations have primarily taken it to the United Arab Emirates, will be launching a new investment round with help from Ryder & Davis.

France
Private investigator Cristal Group swoops in to take French cyberspecialist Celteam mid-deal

Ex-hacker Patrice Guichard's company had been on track to be absorbed by a large French group but was acquired by the private investigator Cristal Group at the last minute after a deal made between old acquaintances.

France
Tehtris opens doors to fellow French cybersecurity operators

After having long kept its distance from the rest of France's cybersecurity community, Tehtris has decided to open up by creating Ecosystem, a partnership programme aimed mainly at companies working closely with French public bodies.