Spain: EU Spyware Committee Accused of Political Interference
The EU committee has previously accused the Polish, Greek, and Hungarian governments of using Pegasus spyware against opponents.
The EU committee has previously accused the Polish, Greek, and Hungarian governments of using Pegasus spyware against opponents.
The visit comes in the context of the Pegasus spyware scandal and accusations that the Greek government was spying on opposition figures. The EPP has also joined the boycott against the fact-finding mission.
The committee came down hard on Poland and Hungary for their use of spyware. The recommendations call for an immediate moratorium on its use, acquisition, and exportation, with the possibility of lifting the ban on a country-by-country basis.
The Israel-based NSO Group is the maker of Pegasus, a spyware that can infiltrate smartphones and other devices, extract information from them, and even control their functions such as turning on a camera.
“What does it mean to be a victim of Pegasus? All your secrets are laid bare, your intimate secrets are laid bare to your worst enemy,” —French journalist Sandrine Rigaud.
Suspecting that the five cases of spying on Catalans revealed by WhatsApp only scratched the surface, Elies Campo turned to The Citizen Lab, where he led the investigation that discovered approximately sixty more cases of spying with Pegasus.
The European Commission has decided to launch an investigation on the Pegasus Project. An investigative consortium formed by Forbidden Stories, Amnesty International and 17 media organisations revealed on Sunday that at least 10 governments had allegedly employed military spyware for illegal surveillance of journalists, lawyers, businessmen and members of civil society, Euractiv.com reports. “We are […]
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