what really happened with *that* chess cheating story?

Did Hans Niemann really cheat against Magnus Carlsen using a very auspicious tool? Was the medias portrayal of the incident accurate? And how does it pertain to the early death of GM Daniel Naroditzky? What can we learn from this scandal to do better in the future, in the chess community and as a society?

Music:
Aloft - LEMMiNO
Everywhere - Skarblown
Nocturnal - LEMMiNO
The Flower Duet - Lud & Schlatt’s
Winter Vivaldi - Lud & Schlatt’s
Tango - Ilya Truhanov
Cipher - LEMMiNO
Bach Cello Suite - Lud & Schlatt’s
Double Comete - Skarblown
White Gravity - Skarblown
Melancholy - LEMMiNO
Letters - Skarblown

I want to share my sincere thanks to those who contribute to relevant wikipedia pages, alongside u/EquivalentInflation on reddit, who compiled quite a bit of the events into a well written post. Whilst I did remember a lot of what was said from my own experience in the community, this post was super helpful in breaking down the series of events and getting the whole picture. I tried reaching out to the person, but the account got taken down so I was unsuccessful in doing so.

Chapters
00:00 - the intro
01:02 - the incident
06:30 - the background
09:15 - the evidence
14:25 - the good part
17:06 - the hard part
20:05 - the conclusion