Phone of former MEP who probed spyware abuse hacked
An investigation revealed that the phone of a former Member of the European Parliament who had investigated spyware abuse was hacked with Pegasus spyware. Amnesty International used the case to criticise Europe's weak response to spyware.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Malware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Hacking of a former MEP's phone
- Cause / method
- Phone hacking using Pegasus spyware
- Location
- Other countries
Timeline
- It emerged that the phone of a politician who had investigated spyware abuse had been hacked with Pegasus.
- The investigation revealed that the victim was a former MEP who had investigated the Pegasus issue.
- Amnesty International criticised Europe's weak response to spyware in connection with the hacking case.
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