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EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones
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An EU lawmaker who was leading investigations into the misuse of Pegasus spyware was found to have had the same spyware installed on his own phone. The intrusion demonstrates that the surveillance tool being examined for abuse was also used to compromise the investigator’s device.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Wired·EU Politicians Investigated Pegasus Spyware. Then It Ended Up on One of Their Phones
- TechCrunch·Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware
- The Next Web·EU lawmaker who investigated spyware abuse was hacked with Pegasus
- Hacker News·Espionage Against the European Parliament
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